trigger event after X seconds

Question

I am developing an app for windows phone. My question is how can I trigger an event after 2 seconds?

    Private Sub btn1_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles btn1.Click
    Dim input As String = txtinput.Text
    Dim last As Char = input(input.Length - 1)
    If last = "A" Then
        Dim final As String = input.Substring(0, input.Length - 1) & "B"c
        txtinput.Text = final.

      'start timer here
      'trigger an event after 2 seconds

    ElseIf last = "B" Then
        Dim final As String = input.Substring(0, input.Length - 1) & "C"c
        Dim tmr As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)
        txtinput.Text = final

      'start timer here
      'trigger an event after 2 seconds


    Else
        txtinput.Text = input + "A"
    End If

 End Sub

I am using Visual Basic as my language in developing this. Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

declare dispatcherTimer inside the class

Dim WithEvents dt As System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer

then create instance of dispatcherTimer whereever you want, set time span

dt = New System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer()
dt.Interval = New TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, 500) '' 500 Milliseconds
dt.Start()

and here is your handler

Private Sub dt_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles dt.Tick
    ' Do Stuff here.
End Sub

*converted code to VB from here, though I have not tested it..it may work for you..

Answer 2

Maybe I just don't know the environment because I have never programmed for phones in .Net, but what about:

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)

Hope this helps