Microsoft Visual Studio CShap Timer

1. File> New Project

2. Drag and Drop over Form1:
– label1
– timer1

You will not see the timer component inside the form because it has not a visual rapresentation, it will be added under the component bar, below the graphic form.

3. Click over timer1 and on the right on the ‘Properties’ windows set:
Enabled: True
Interval: 1000 (millisecons), so it refresh every 1 second

4. Double Click timer1 to add the handle inside Form1.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace TimerTest
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            label1.Text = DateTime.Now.Second.ToString(); // it renders: 15 16 17 18 etc...
        }
    }
}