[aristide]

Hello guys!
I need some help on my form in vb.net. I want it to open and close after 3 seconds at each Timer1.Tick
What i got so far:

Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
Me.Hide()

And I put this into Timer1.Tick What do i need to add to make it so that Button1.Click does:

Timer1.Enabled = True

and Timer1 should open the form, and after 3 seconds minimize it. Until now I haven't found anything. Does anyone of you know something? Thanks!

[Martyr2]

Here is the code which will minimize and hide the form after 3 seconds. Notice the button event will set the interval of the timer to 3000 milliseconds (3 secs) and at which time will kick off the tick event. At the end of the event we will stop the timer.

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
        Me.Hide()
        Timer1.Stop()
    End Sub

Now the button to trigger this tick event. We use the start() method to start the timer...

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Timer1.Interval = 3000
        Timer1.Start()
    End Sub

Set the interval, then start the timer. If you didn't stop the timer at the end of the tick event it would continue to minimize and hide the form (even if it is hidden) every 3 seconds.

I hope this is what you were wanting to do.

[aristide]

Martyr2, on 25 December 2011 - 12:36 PM, said:

Here is the code which will minimize and hide the form after 3 seconds. Notice the button event will set the interval of the timer to 3000 milliseconds (3 secs) and at which time will kick off the tick event. At the end of the event we will stop the timer.

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
        Me.Hide()
        Timer1.Stop()
    End Sub

Now the button to trigger this tick event. We use the start() method to start the timer...

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Timer1.Interval = 3000
        Timer1.Start()
    End Sub

Set the interval, then start the timer. If you didn't stop the timer at the end of the tick event it would continue to minimize and hide the form (even if it is hidden) every 3 seconds.

I hope this is what you were wanting to do.

Thanks for the information. But how can i do it that on the timer's tick the Form pops up and closes again after 3 seconds? Thanks!

[trevster344]

Under the click event enable the timer. Under the tick event of the timer, make the form hide. Simple as that, if you want it to show itself again then use a boolean. If the boolean is true hide and set to false, otherwise if the boolean is false show and set to true.