Use reflection to get the Elapsed event
using System; using System.Reflection; using System.Reflection.Emit; public class Example { private static object timer; public static void Main() { string fullName = ""; foreach (Assembly assem in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()) { if (assem.GetName().Name == "mscorlib") { fullName = assem.FullName; } } Assembly sys = Assembly.Load("System" + fullName.Substring(fullName.IndexOf(","))); Type t = sys.GetType("System.Timers.Timer"); timer = Activator.CreateInstance(t); EventInfo eInfo = t.GetEvent("Elapsed"); } }