display a form for a period of time

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Hi all,

I have a form I want to show it for a period of time (say 10 seconds) and then close it,
Can I use a code in the Form_Load function to display the form for this time before closing it.

Please help me I need a code for doing this.

Thanks in advance,
:)

Posted 17-Mar-11 3:27am

Michael Waguih

Updated 23-Nov-18 0:04am

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4 solutions

Solution 3

Also.

From MainForm

mySecondForm frmSecondForm = new mySecondForm();
frmSecondForm.ShowDialog();

From Second Form

C#

Timer formCloser = new Timer();
private void mySecondForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    formCloser.Interval = 10000;
    formCloser.Enabled = true;
    frmCloser.Tick += new EventHandler(formClose_Tick)
}

private void formClose_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
}

Posted 17-Mar-11 13:01pm

charles henington

Solution 4

The best way is to use Thread.Sleep(10000)
and then apply the code this.close
this will wait for 10 s and afterwards form will be closed

Posted 23-Nov-18 0:05am

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CHill60 23-Nov-18 8:14am

Using Thread.Sleep will ... er put the thread to sleep and is absolutely the wrong way to approach this (seven year old!) problem.

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17T03:33:00

Solution 1

This code closes the form after 10s:

C#

System.Windows.Forms.Timer timer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  timer.Interval = 10000;
  timer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer_Tick);
  timer.Start();
}

void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  this.Close();
}

Posted 17-Mar-11 3:33am

JF2015

Comments

Espen Harlinn 17-Mar-11 10:17am

Nice answer, my 5

Аslam Iqbal 17-Mar-11 11:14am

my 5 too

charles henington 17-Mar-11 19:37pm

yet another 5

fjdiewornncalwe 17-Mar-11 21:10pm

+5. Can't be any clearer than that.

OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-17T03:34:00

Yes.

C#

Timer formClose = new Timer();
private void myForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    formClose.Interval = 10000;
    formClose.Tick += new EventHandler(formClose_Tick);
    formClose.Start();
    }

void formClose_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    formClose.Stop();
    formClose.Tick -= new EventHandler(formClose_Tick);
    this.Close();
    }