stopwatch / countdown timer

how would you make a stopwatch or a countdown timer, I can't seem to be able to figure out the code.

Thanks in advance.

 

You would use a label and a timer.
Declare a variable with an integer data type and make the variable hold the number you want it to start counting down from.
Then in the tick event you would do:

Variable = Variable - 1
[Label].Text = Variable.ToString

 

Code:

Dim intCountDown As Integer = 200   'The number you want to count down from here

Private Sub tmrCountDown_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles tmrCountDown.Tick

intCountDown = intCountDown - 1   'Minus 1 off the varable

lblCountDown.Text = intCountDown.ToString   'Display/update the variable in a label

End Sub

If you didn't understand what I said in my previous post then just copy the code I did above and just drag a label onto your form and call it 'lblCountDown'. Then drag a timer onto your form and call it 'tmrCountDown'.