How to set timer in an event handler?

Question

Am currently building an app and I want the timer to start only when I click a particular button.

So is there anyway to start timer once a button is clicked? (I don't want the timer to start as soon as the page loads)

Answer 1

Check this post.

//Inside Page Load 
System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer dt = new System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer();
dt.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, 500); // 500 Milliseconds
dt.Tick += new EventHandler(dt_Tick);

Tick Event Handler for your timer

void dt_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Do Stuff here.
}

Now on your button click event handler you will do

dt.Start();

Hope this helps.