Timers

sudha kovid kolli

sir,

I have a query here, I want the start and stop to be the same button and I want to display the time that tells me how many seconds it took me to start and stop. I am unable to do that seeking your help. here is my code:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Timers4

{

public partial class TimingGameForm : Form

{

public TimingGameForm()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

private int elapsed = 0;

private bool started = false;

private void Start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (started == true)

{

timer1.Enabled = true;

Estimatelbl.Text = "Running....";

}

else if (started == false)

{

timer1.Enabled = false;

Timelbl.Text = "that took" + elapsed + "seconds";

}

private void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

elapsed += 1;

}

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Aaron Colen16y ago
Accepted answer
Your most of the way there.

In your if/elseif you need to set started to true/false.

Then you want to add a DateTime variable to store the beginning time. Then you can calculate a TimeSpan as part of your 'stop' routine.
sudha kovid kolli16y ago
I am unable to understand where to give the code System.date time...???

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Timers4
{
    public partial class TimingGameForm : Form
    {
        public TimingGameForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private int elapsed = 0;
        private bool started = false;
        System.DateTime x;

        private void Start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (started == true)
            {
                started = true;
                timer1.Enabled = true;
                Estimatelbl.Text = "Running....";


            }
            else if (started == false)
            {
                started = false;
                timer1.Enabled = false;
                Timelbl.Text = "that took" + elapsed + "seconds";

            }


        }
          private void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
          {
              elapsed += 1;




          }

      }
}