<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default"%> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head runat="server"> <title>Using the Timer control</title> </head> <body> <div id="pageContent"> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" /> <asp:Timer ID="Timer1" runat="server" Enabled="true" Interval="1000" ontick="Timer1_Tick" /> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Start task" onclick="Button1_Click" /> <asp:UpdateProgress ID="UpdateProgress1" runat="server" DynamicLayout="false"> <ProgressTemplate> <br /> <img src="loading.gif" /> </ProgressTemplate> </asp:UpdateProgress> <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" /> </ContentTemplate> <Triggers> <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Button1" EventName="Click" /> </Triggers> </asp:UpdatePanel> <hr /> <h2> <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel2" runat="server" RenderMode="Inline"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" /> </ContentTemplate> <Triggers> <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="Timer1" EventName="Tick" /> </Triggers> </asp:UpdatePanel> </h2> </form> </div> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx.cs using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; using System.Threading; public partial class Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { Label2.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString(); } protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Thread.Sleep(5000); Label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString(); } }