Start timer that starts the next one after the stop?

Question

I've been trying out all the timer or stopwatch options for 2 days and I'm encountering the same problem with all of them.

My idea is to start a timer via keypress that starts the next one after the time has expired and so on... I need the whole thing 3 times because each of these timers starts one or more processes and then lets them fade away again in the next timer.

However, I just can't figure out how to adjust the timer or stopwatch so that it makes sense for me, because I have the feeling that the timers in my IF function keep triggering themselves and I would like to prevent that.

It should be possible that timer 1 is only started again by timer 3 and does not start over immediately after it ended itself.

And I still have one question within a question, how do I release my hotkey from the protected area? or does it make more sense to set a bool that acts as a switch? Would like to have my hotkey as an on/off function, but so far it only switches on. And if i press this button maybe 1-2 seconds it repeats but i dont want to repeat thus actions. i need this actions only once after press.

I'm sure someone from the field can be found here who could explain to me immediately what's going wrong with me and I hope so.

Thanks :-)

    // DLL libraries used to manage hotkeys
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, int fsModifiers, int vlc);
    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    public static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);
  
    const int MYACTION_HOTKEY_ID = 1;
    const int MYACTION2_HOTKEY_ID = 2;
   

    public myFORM()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, MYACTION_HOTKEY_ID, 0, (int)Keys.X);
        RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, MYACTION2_HOTKEY_ID, 0, (int)Keys.Y);       

    }
   
    // I NEED FOR MY HOTKEY
    protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
    {
      
        if (m.Msg == 0x0312 && m.WParam.ToInt32() == MYACTION_HOTKEY_ID)
        {

            // STOPWATCH IS CREATED AND STARTED        
            Stopwatch stopwatch1 = new Stopwatch();
            stopwatch1.Start();

           
                // THAT'S 5 SECONDS
            for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
            {
                // I DON'T NEED THE AREA I JUST NEED TIME STOPPING
                // SO THAT AN ACTION TAKES PLACE
                // HERE I THOUGHT THAT I WILL USE THIS AREA BUT HERE EVERYTHING LOOPS
                // AND MY PROGRAM BEGINS STUCK
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10);
               
            }

            // STOPWATCH STOP
            stopwatch1.Stop();

            // NOW SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE
            // AND HERE PROCESSES / THREADS ARE STARTED //
            frmTimer frmTimer = new frmTimer();
            frmTimer.ShowDialog();
            // THEN I WANT A SECOND DIRECTLY
            // STOPWATCH IS CREATED AND STARTED AFTER NO.1 IS FINISHED
            // ONCE THE SECOND STARTS STUCKED IT
            Stopwatch stopwatch2 = new Stopwatch();
            stopwatch2.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
            {
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10);
            }
            stopwatch2.Stop();

            Stopwatch stopwatch3 = new Stopwatch();
            stopwatch3.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
            {
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10);
            }
            stopwatch3.Stop();
            m_StopThread = true;


        }// THIS WILL CLOSE MY APPLICATION VIA HOTKEY
        if (m.Msg == 0x0312 && m.WParam.ToInt32() == MYACTION2_HOTKEY_ID)
        {
            this.Close();

        }
        base.WndProc(ref m);
    }

Answer 1

[ANSWER FOR OTHER PEOPLE, MAYBE IT HELPS OTHER TOO]

i started again from zero to make it clear and this is my result.

Explain: My StartButton starts a Thread, this Thread have a Stopwatch, if this time is over then flag is set to true and the next Thread is starting. At the same time sets the Stopwatch a other Thread with flag to false and so on....

After the last Stopwatch is stopped is my StartButton is clickable again. And all Threads ready for the next round.

[Optional/FASTSTOP]The StopButton sets all bool to false and stops the Threads.

private bool _startbutton = false;
private bool _stopbutton = false;
private bool _entTHREAD = false;
private bool _acTHREAD = false;
private bool _seTHREAD = false;
private bool _fiTHREAD = false;
private bool _spTHREAD = false;
private bool _enTHREAD = false;
private bool _en2THREAD = false;


       private void btnStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    { 
        if(!_startbutton)
        {
            _startbutton = true;

            frmTimer frmTimer = new frmTimer();
            frmTimer.Show();
            new Thread(Stopwatch).Start();

        }      
    }
    private void btnStop_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!_stopbutton)
        {
            _stopbutton = true;

            _entTHREAD = false;
            _acTHREAD = false;
            _seTHREAD = false;
            _fiTHREAD = false;
            _spTHREAD = false;
            _enTHREAD = false;
            _en2THREAD = false;
        }
    }
void Stopwatch()
{
    Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch.Start();

    for (int i = 0; i < 480; i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1);
    }
    stopwatch.Stop();
    _entTHREAD = true;
    new Thread(entTHREAD).Start();
    new Thread(Stopwatch2).Start();

}

void Stopwatch2()
{
    Stopwatch stopwatch2 = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch2.Start();

    for (int i = 0; i < 600; i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1);
    }
    stopwatch2.Stop();
    _entTHREAD = false;
    _acTHREAD = true;
    new Thread(acTHREAD).Start();
    new Thread(Stopwatch3).Start();

}
void Stopwatch3()
{
    Stopwatch stopwatch3 = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch3.Start();

    for (int i = 0; i < 300; i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1);
    }
    stopwatch3.Stop();
    _acTHREAD = false;
    _seTHREAD = true;
    _fiTHREAD = true;
    _spTHREAD = true;

    new Thread(seTHREAD).Start();
    new Thread(fiTHREAD).Start();
    new Thread(spTHREAD).Start();
    new Thread(Stopwatch4).Start();

}
void Stopwatch4()
{
    Stopwatch stopwatch4 = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch4.Start();

    for (int i = 0; i < 9000; i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1);
    }
    stopwatch4.Stop();
    _seTHREAD = false;
    _fiTHREAD = false;
    _spTHREAD = false;
    _enTHREAD = true;
   new Thread(enTHREAD).Start();
    new Thread(Stopwatch5).Start();
}
void Stopwatch5()
{
    Stopwatch stopwatch5 = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch5.Start();

    for (int i = 0; i < 150; i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1);
    }
    stopwatch5.Stop();
    _enTHREAD = false;
    _en2THREAD = true;
    new Thread(en2THREAD).Start();
    new Thread(Stopwatch6).Start();

}
void Stopwatch6()
{
    Stopwatch stopwatch6 = new Stopwatch();
    stopwatch6.Start();

    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(1);
    }
    stopwatch6.Stop();
    _en2THREAD = false;
    _startbutton = false;

}