View source for Using Timers in Dot.NET

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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Net;

class Program
{
    const int _max = 5;
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            // Get url.
            string url = args[0];

            // Report url.
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
            Console.WriteLine("... PageTimeTest: times loads of web page over network");
            Console.ResetColor();
            Console.WriteLine("Testing: {0}", url);

            // Fetch page.
            using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
            {
                // Set gzip.
                client.Headers["Accept-Encoding"] = "gzip";

                // Download.
                // ... Do an initial run to prime the cache.
                byte[] data = client.DownloadData(url);

                // Start timing.
                Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

                // Iterate.
                for (int i = 0; i < Math.Min(100, _max); i++)
                {
                    data = client.DownloadData(url);
                }

                // Stop timing.
                stopwatch.Stop();

                // Report times.
                Console.WriteLine("Time required: {0} ms", stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds);
                Console.WriteLine("Time per page: {0} ms", stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds / _max);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
        }
        finally
        {
            Console.WriteLine("[Done]");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}
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