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Sandeep Thomas
Sandeep Thomas

Reputation: 4759

Application or Service to do some tasks in specific time slot

I've scenario to create an application(Windows service , Winforms app) which runs twice every day automatically on users PC. These Users are internal employees in the same network. So at morning and evening this application has to run. But it doesn't need to show any window or information saying its running. Its good to have a simple notification in system tray that its started execution.

My experience in with web application development. So I got a little stucked with these such application on deciding which is best.What my understandings are if its a standalone exe, we could ask all users to download the exe and install. If its a windows service we may depend up on instalutil to install the service.

So I really needs an advice on this. The application is nothing, just requesting a TFS api and the resulting JSON has to store in Table. So the JSOn will be based on each user using their windows authentication.

Please suggest a good solution to achieve its the best,secure and easiest way even for non tech savvy users.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

shrot
shrot

Reputation: 145

Instead of all user communicating to TFS server twice a day i guess better way is to install a service in one centralized machine which will run a window service twice a day and that machine will host that service using WCF so that other user will communicate with machine this will help you to distribute the load of tfs api. i used the same approach in my case where one machine talk to ALM and other talk to that machine to get the files.

Creating a window service is pretty simple and straight forward. Follow the link to make one:

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/naresh.avari/develop-and-install-a-windows-service-in-C-Sharp/

You can host the service in WCF using IIS, TCP, Webservice, Console application its upto you. Follow this link

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/550796/A-Beginners-Tutorial-on-How-to-Host-a-WCF-Service

I guess i helped you :)

Upvotes: 1

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