«

Server side timers aren't much good with ASP.NET pages because they only
exist long enough for the HTML to be generated and sent to the client
(usually a few milliseconds.)
Therefore you'll probably find a client side timer more useful, which
executes in the user's browser and therefore keeps going as long as the page
is open in the user's browser.

Here's an example for you:
http://www.crowes.f9.co.uk/Javascript/timer.htm

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://Steve.Orr.net
Hire top-notch developers at http://www.able-consulting.com




"Stephen McCrea" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> I am new to asp. I tried implementing a timer in a System.Web.UI.Page
> derived class to perform periodic refreshes of the interface and calls to
a
> web service but it does not seem to work as I expected. I could not set
its
> SynchronizingObject field.
>
> When the page first loads I see that the timer has been operating for 2 or
3
> seconds already (it updates the text field of a label control), but
whenever
> I perform other refreshes of the interface it does not seem to be working
> properly - it no longer updates the label.
>
> Could someone help me or point me to a good reference online or hardcopy?
>
> Thank you...
>
>
>
>
>