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In this lesson, we shall show you how to use the timer in Visual Basic 2012. The timer is used to control and manage events that are time-related. For example, you need the timer to create a clock, a stopwatch, a dice, animation and more.<\/p>\n

In order to create a clock, you need to use the Timer control.It is invisible during runtime and it does not allow the user to interact with it.<\/p>\n

27.1 Creating a Clock<\/h3>\n

To create the clock, first of all, start a new project in Visual Basic 2012 Express and select a new Windows Application. You can give the project any name it MyClock. Change the caption of the Form1 to MyClock in the properties window. Now add the Timer control to the form by dragging it from the ToolBox. Next, insert a label control into the form. Change the Font size of the label to 14 and set the text alignment to center. Set the Interval property of the Timer control to 1000, which reflects a one-second interval(1 unit is 1 millisecond).<\/p>\n