How many WinForm event message are in queue? - c#

I have created an event in a BackgroundWorker to send text notifications to a WinForm Panel. After the BachgroundWorker is finished I change the Panel and start the next BackgroundWorker.
My Problem is that when the BGW is finished not all event messages are arrived in my Panel.
Bevor removing the Panel I want to process all event messages.
How can I observe or check if there are more event messages in queue?
thanks for your help

PeekMessage is your friend. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms644943(v=vs.85).aspx for description

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As long as the loop runs, no events (like your other button's click) can be processed. This results in freezing the UI.
Better use a Timer instead of an infinite loop. The timer will not freeze the UI but call a Tick event at defined intervals and allow other events to be processed between two ticks. It is then easy for another button to stop this timer.
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Welcome,
I would suggest to locate the FormLoad eventhandler (either by double clicking the form or by looking in the properties window (look for the lightening icon) and search for the Load eventhandler.
Or you could try to use the FormShown eventhandler, which will be triggered when the form is actually shown instead of loaded. Depending on what you are trying to achieve, this might be a better option.
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In Form's Load event (doubleclick on form) you can use
timer1.Start();
You can start a timer by simply calling Timer.Start()
When to call this depends on the trigger. Typically you write this in an event handler, of the "button click event" like you mention, or the app's "app start event" such as the Main method, but this depends on what kind of app (WinForms?) you are writing.
You can start timer on starting the program either by starting the timer in the following way:
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
time.Start();
time.Tick += time_Tick;
}
or by initiating the timer in Form Load Event Handler

C# - Iterate through form components (not controls)

My form has a number of Timer components that I am seeking to loop through at runtime. My goal is to stop all timers on the form at once.
I tried adapting some code I had to do the same thing with controls however it doesn't appear to be working.
foreach (var tmr in this.components.Components.OfType<Timer>())
{
tmr.Stop();
}
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Stopping a Winforms Timer means that no more Timer messages (WM_TIMER) are posted to the message queue. But any previous WM_TIMER message still in the message Queue will be processed. So multiple Tick Events might be processed even after the Timer has been stopped when you have created Timer messages faster then they can be processed.
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Checking the source reveals that the Winforms Timer swallows WM_TIMER messages when the timer has been stopped and won't fire any Tick Events then. So this is not the correct answer.

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If I'm firing the event:
var handler = OnMyEvent;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(some_info);
}
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My dotnet application handles the following SystemEvents.
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