Refresh the form every second

Question

I have a C# Windows form that has a couple of text boxes and buttons. Also it has a datagrid view that shows a sql table. I create a refresh button that allow me to refresh the table so I can see the updated items inside the table. I was wondering is there any way to refresh the table by it self. Like every 10 second.Or instead of table, perhaps the entire form loaded or refreshed by itself every 10 second?

Answer 1

Use a Timer control, it's UI thread invoked and a control available to you via the Form Designer.

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    timer.Interval = (10 * 1000); // 10 secs
    timer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer_Tick);
    timer.Start();
}

private void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   //refresh here...
}

Answer 2

You can use System.Windows.Forms.Timer Control to refresh your form controls.

Try This:

System.Windows.Forms.Timer timer1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer();
timer1.Interval=5000;//5 seconds
timer1.Tick += new System.EventHandler(timer1_Tick);
timer1.Start();

private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     //do whatever you want 
     RefreshControls();
}