Stopwatch Class
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Provides a set of methods and properties that you can use to accurately measure elapsed time.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch
Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class Stopwatch
public class Stopwatch
The Stopwatch type exposes the following members.
Properties
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Elapsed | Gets the total elapsed time measured by the current instance. |
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ElapsedMilliseconds | Gets the total elapsed time measured by the current instance, in milliseconds. |
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ElapsedTicks | Gets the total elapsed time measured by the current instance, in timer ticks. |
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IsRunning | Gets a value indicating whether the Stopwatch timer is running. |
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Methods
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetTimestamp | Gets the current number of ticks in the timer mechanism. |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Reset | Stops time interval measurement and resets the elapsed time to zero. |
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Start | Starts, or resumes, measuring elapsed time for an interval. |
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StartNew | Initializes a new Stopwatch instance, sets the elapsed time property to zero, and starts measuring elapsed time. |
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Stop | Stops measuring elapsed time for an interval. |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Fields
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Frequency | Gets the frequency of the timer as the number of ticks per second. This field is read-only. |
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IsHighResolution | Indicates whether the timer is based on a high-resolution performance counter. This field is read-only. |
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Version Information
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.