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Add DispatcherTimer to the list of available timer classes
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Update xml/System.Threading/Timer.xml
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Update xml/System.Threading/Timer.xml 
Co-authored-by: Genevieve Warren <[email protected]>
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softworkz and gewarren authored Jun 22, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Sub TimerCallback(state As Object)
The timer delegate is specified when the timer is constructed, and cannot be changed. The method does not execute on the thread that created the timer; it executes on a <xref:System.Threading.ThreadPool> thread supplied by the system.

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> .NET includes five classes named `Timer`, each of which offers different functionality:
> .NET includes several timer classes, each of which offers different functionality:
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> - <xref:System.Timers.Timer?displayProperty=nameWithType>, which fires an event and executes the code in one or more event sinks at regular intervals. The class is intended for use as a server-based or service component in a multithreaded environment; it has no user interface and is not visible at runtime.
> - <xref:System.Threading.Timer?displayProperty=nameWithType>, which executes a single callback method on a thread pool thread at regular intervals. The callback method is defined when the timer is instantiated and cannot be changed. Like the <xref:System.Timers.Timer?displayProperty=nameWithType> class, this class is intended for use as a server-based or service component in a multithreaded environment; it has no user interface and is not visible at runtime.
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