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How do you restart a timer in vb.net

how do you restart a timer in vb.net?
i have tried timer1.stop then timer1.start i have tried timer1.enabled = false then timer1.enabled = true nothing seems to work

Éric Moreau

Calling Stop and Start should do the trick? Why do you say it is not working? Any code to share?

bbimis

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here is what i have i have a timer1 and it starts on the form load and then the tick event is as follows

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        thread1 = New Thread(New ThreadStart(AddressOf checker))
        thread1.Start()

    End Sub

    Public Sub checker()
        Dim stop1 As Integer = 0
        Try

            If My.Computer.Network.Ping(server.ToString()) Then
                tssStatus.Text = "Currently Online"
                'Me.Refresh()
                If stop1 = 1 Then
                    Timer1.Stop()
                End If
            End If

        Catch ex As Exception
            tssStatus.Text = "Offline"
            ' Me.Refresh()
            stop1 = 1
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub ServerToolStripMenuItem_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ServerToolStripMenuItem.Click
        My.Settings.Server = InputBox("Enter Server name", "Server Name")

        Try
            thread1.Abort()
        Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
        Timer1.Enabled = False
        Timer1.Enabled = True
        Timer1.Start()



        tsbWhichServer.Text = "Using: " & My.Settings.Server.ToString()
    End Sub

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bbimis

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thanks i got it working. i had to put the server name in the inputbox section of the code. basically it wasn't updating the servername.
thanks for your help!