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Don
Don

Reputation: 31

How can I schedule my windows service to run in every ten minutes

I am working in a windows service which downloads data from some devices.How can I schedule my windows service to run in every ten minutes pragmatically.I wanted to download data from these devices in every 10 minutes.Is it a good method to use timer and put the code inside the Elapsed method? Or is there any other method to perform this task?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7922

Answers (2)

user4510143
user4510143

Reputation:

You might want to pause/stop the timer when entering the OnTimerElapsed method, and resume it before exiting the method if there is a possibility that your processing could run for more than 10 minutes.

Upvotes: 2

Matt Davis
Matt Davis

Reputation: 46052

Not sure how far you are in the process, but assuming you're just starting, follow the step-by-step instructions here to create a basic Windows service that can be installed using the InstallUtil.exe. If you would prefer to have the Windows service executable install and uninstall itself, follow the step-by-step instructions here. This should get you started.

Now, to have something run every 10 minutes, you'll need a timer. Here is an example of what that might look like.

using System.Timers;
public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
{
    private Timer _timer;

    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        _timer = new Timer(10 * 60 * 1000);  // 10 minutes expressed as milliseconds
        _timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(OnTimerElapsed);
        _timer.AutoReset = true;
        _timer.Start();
    }

    protected override void OnStop()
    {
        _timer.Stop();
        _timer.Dispose();
    }

    private void OnTimerElapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Do your work here...
    }

HTH

Upvotes: 4

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