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set timer in windows service

I'm building a c# windows service I would like some code to call a method periodically say every, hour or every 24 hours (which can be amended from app.config)

I would like code snippet for this and be able to get config values from app.config

Meir Rivkin

the method is part of the windows service?
is the windows service meant to run manually or auto?

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I am calling the a method that is outside of the windows service and already have a reference to that. The windows service would start automatically I think but am unsure.

Also writing to an event log would be good.

Meir Rivkin

the method can be run stabdalone from a scheduler which uses the data from its app.config

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ok thanks

So in my windows service project (visual studio) I have a file called program.cs

static void Main()
{
ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
                  {
                        new TestService()
                  };
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}

I want to leave this file alone and just use TestService so where would I put the code

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OK thanks but I am instantiating

System.Timers.Timer

but I don't get the tick property, I would like to use the Elapsed property

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Brilliant thanks very much

One last thing in app.config, say I want to set intervals for 1 hour, 2 hour ,3 hour upto daily

Thanks!

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>>One last thing in app.config, say I want to set intervals for 1 hour, 2 hour ,3 hour upto daily

is you mean every 1 hour then:
</configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="TimeInterval" value="01:00:00" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

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OK what about daily

Meir Rivkin

daily is every 24 hrs so:
</configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="TimeInterval" value="24.00:00:00" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>