{"id":3875,"date":"2013-09-04T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T01:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2015-05-07T20:08:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:08:47","slug":"using-timer-in-visual-basic-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/2013\/09\/04\/using-timer-in-visual-basic-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Timer in Visual Basic 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Visual Basic 2012, the timer control <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">is used<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0to manipulate\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">events that are time related. For example, you need timer to create a clock, a stop watch, a dice, animation and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In order to create a clock, you need to use the Timer control that comes with Visual Basic 2012. The Timer control is a control object that is only used by the developer, it is invisible during runtime and it does not allow the user to interact with it.<\/p>\n<p>To create the clock, start a new project in Visual Basic 2012 Express and select a new Windows Application. You can give the project any name you wish, but we will 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&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-27\/\">Read On<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Visual Basic 2012, the timer control is used\u00a0to manipulate\u00a0events that are time related. For example, you need timer to create a clock, a stop watch, a dice, animation and more. In order to create a clock, you need to use the Timer control that comes with Visual Basic 2012. 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