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Is there a simple solution/idea/strategy to create a setTimeout equivalent function in a WinForms app. I'm primarily a web developer but am not sure how I'd go about this in a WinForms App. Basically, I have a textbox, and after each keystroke I want to run a task to populate a list (like an auto-complete type thingy) but want to be able to cancel (e.g. clearTimeout) if the user keeps entering characters...
My only guess is to perhaps use a BackGroundWorker and make it sleep initially, and while it is sleeping, it could be cancelled, if the user stops entering keys and the sleep period ends, it then goes and runs the task etc
(i don't care if an example is C# or Vb.Net)
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The setInterval method has the same syntax as setTimeout : let timerId = setInterval(func|code, [delay], [arg1], [arg2], ...) All arguments have the same meaning. But unlike setTimeout it runs the function not only once, but regularly after the given interval of time.
We all know that passing a string to setTimeout (or setInterval ) is evil, because it is run in the global scope, has performance issues, is potentially insecure if you're injecting any parameters, etc. So doing this is definitely deprecated: setTimeout('doSomething(someVar)', 10000);
window. setTimeout() . It's all the same method of the same object.
Explanation: setTimeout() is non-blocking which means it will run when the statements outside of it have executed and then after one second it will execute. All other statements that are not part of setTimeout() are blocking which means no other statement will execute before the current statement finishes.
I know this is an old question but an alternative solution would be to use Task.Delay(delay).ContinueWith((task) => { /* Code */ });.
Thread.Sleep vs Task.Delay?
or there is await Task.Delay(delay);
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/345f0402-3af0-4f96-a501-073674883ba3/building-an-async-settimeout-function?forum=csharpgeneral
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