Console.WriteLine every x seconds?

Question

Hi all I'm developing a Windows Forms Application on vb.net. I need to perform an action every x seconds. It is using a 3rd party library so it is not *actually* a console.writeline but for the sake of argument I wrote that. There will be phrases passing through that will need to be said. For example 3 separate phrases will be sent to the 'console' but the application needs to stop and WAIT 5 seconds before going on to the next one. I can't use System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(x) because it processes other event handlers which will not process while it 'sleeps'. I have a timer already and I'm enabling it but for some reason it's just not waiting... I have no idea what to do... Thanks

brian wetherell · Answer

It sounds like you need a multithreading approach to it. Thread1 would do your 'console' stuff and thread2 would be your other 'background' processes. That way when thread1 sleeps thread2 continues to work. Here's a good article on multithreading for you to cut your teeth on; http://www.startvbdotnet.com/threading/default.aspx