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c#, timer

In my console application, I will like to do something like

begin

at 1:00 am pst daily

run the program (it is just a query run with smtp email sent to the client)

end

Overall, the program is not a big deal. I just want to know how to code at 1:00 am pst daily in timer property in c#.

Thanks,

Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

Simply program Windows Task Scheduler to start your application at the desired time.

ITsolutionWizard

ASKER

No I want to do it in codes

Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

In order to do it in code, you need to create a service, that runs all the time, for an operation that happens only once a day. It not a very good idea.

ITsolutionWizard

ASKER

I already created the service.

Éric Moreau

create an application with a timer having the Tick event raised every 10 seconds (or your own interval) and check what time it is.

ITsolutionWizard

ASKER

Éric Moreau: code samples please

kaufmed

Have you looked into Quartz.NET yet? I haven't yet used it myself, but from what I understand it is the code equivalent of Task Scheduler.

Éric Moreau

something like this:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {

        private Timer _timer = new Timer();
        private DateTime _lastDateProcessed = DateTime.MinValue;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            _timer.Interval = 10000;
            _timer.Tick += _timer_Tick;
            _timer.Enabled = true;
        }

        void _timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if ((DateTime.Now.Hour == 1) && (_lastDateProcessed != DateTime.Today.Date))
            {
                _lastDateProcessed = DateTime.Today.Date; //to be sure we are not reprocessing in the same day
                Process.Start("FullPathToYourApplication");
            }
        }
    }
}

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