Timer function in VB

[Electromechanical30]

I'm am in the process of creating an HMI using Basic.

I do have it up and running!

I'd like to add a function that will update the PLC every second or so.
OnTimer... I need to write to a PLC register automatically. I have never really employed timers in my code before (fairly new to this type of programming).

Can anyone provide a simple code example. I should be able to pick it up from there.

Thanks!!

 

[johnwm]

Add a Timer control to your form. Set its Interval property to 1000 (set in millisecs). When you want the timer to run, set its Enabled property to True

The Timer event will then fire every 1 sec (subject to other PC processes) until you set Enabled to False:
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Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
' Your code goes here
End Sub
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Good Luck
johnwm
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