Only raise an event if the previous one was completed

Question

I\'m using a System.Timers.Timer in my application. Every second I run a function which does some job. The thing is, this function can block for some little tim

Answer 1

If you want to skip the tick if another is already working you can do this.

private readonly object padlock = new object();

private void SomeMethod()
{
    if(!Monitor.TryEnter(padlock))
        return;

    try
    {
        //Do heavy work
    }
    finally
    {
        Monitor.Exit(padlock);
    }
}