ASP.NET MVC3 how to excute action method of controller using timer with interval of one hour

Question

Hello

i am using asp.net mvc3. i have one special controller which have one special action method. i need to execute this action method using timer with the interval of an hour.

any best and efficient idea.

thanks

Answer 1

Azure Functions to the rescue! It was designed for exactly this. You can schedule functions using a timer trigger.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-overview

Answer 2

i am able to solve th problem using VB Script and windows schedule. please follow the following steps.

1. Make VB Script like below to call your controller action. give some name like schedule.vbs

   Call ScheduleTask() 
   
   Sub ScheduleTask()
   On Error Resume Next
   
   Dim objRequest
   Dim URL
   
   Set objRequest = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
   URL = "http://localhost/controller/action"
   
   objRequest.open "GET", URL , false
   
   objRequest.Send
   
   Set objRequest = Nothing
   
   End Sub
   

2. make windows schedule of "schedule.vbs" file as you want. if there is permission problem for execute schedule.vbs file, please give the required permission to it.

thanks