How can i run as much as desired to Timer? [Vb.Net] - vb.net

Question

I have 2 textbox and 2 timer. I first run it in timer1
if not textbox1.text = textbox2.text then
timer2.start
else
msgbox "finished"
end if
But timer1 skip reading when textbox1 is equal to textbox2 and always makes an error.
Do I have a chance to run timer2 as much as textbox2 instead?
For example, if textbox2 is 3, then timer2 runs 3 times. I can get rid of the textbox1 = textbox2 control and run the code that is actually correct and does not work. Please help me. Thank you.

Answer 1

I'm having a hard time understanding the question, but I understand that you want to run some timer multiple times, and then continue to run another timer after x amount of times. This can be accomplished using something like this (I haven't tested this code):
Private WithEvents Timer1, Timer2, Timer3 As New System.Timers.Timer() With {.AutoReset = False}
Private NbTimesRun As New Dictionary(Of System.Timers.Timer, Integer) From {
{Timer1, 0},
{Timer2, 0},
{Timer3, 0}
}
Private Sub Timer1_Elapsed(sender as Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Elapsed
Debug.Print("Timer1 elapsed")
' Do some stuff here
NbTimesRun(Timer1) += 1
If NbTimesRun(Timer1) == 3 Then
Timer2.Start()
Else
Timer1.Start()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Timer2_Elapsed(sender as Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer2.Elapsed
Debug.Print("Timer2 elapsed")
' Do some stuff here
NbTimesRun(Timer2) += 1
If NbTimesRun(Timer2) == 3 Then
Timer3.Start()
Else
Timer2.Start()
End If
End Sub
Etc.
This is a pretty bad design pattern, though, and you should instead use a single timer, check the number of times it has run and call a method depending on that number of times, for example. Timers need to be disposed, so override Dispose and call TimerX.Dispose().