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c#schedulingscheduled-tasks
OSH
OSH

Reputation: 2937

C# - scheduling a task to run every X minutes

I am using a TaskFactory to manage my program's tasks. I would like to add a task to the queue that will start running after X minutes. Can it be done using .Net's standard tools or do I need to use a custom library for that.

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1862

Answers (3)

user1017882
user1017882

Reputation:

Yes this can be quite easily achieved. Look into some articles of basic multi-threading to ensure your UI is still responsive when scheduling/running these tasks. As has already been mentioned - the Timer control will do the trick.

The Programmers Heaven EBook on C#'s multi-threading section has enough in it to do what you want with regards to the multi-threading.

Upvotes: 2

Nick Butler
Nick Butler

Reputation: 24383

You could create a single-shot Timer that creates your Task when it fires. This means you won't be blocking a thread while you are waiting.

If you are writing a scheduler, you might want to look at Quartz.NET

Upvotes: 1

T23
T23

Reputation: 572

If you objective is to run something after a while you could use the Timer

Start the Timer, when the timer has elapsed, stop the Timer.

Upvotes: 1

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