Run windows service programatically more than once a day

rajeswari gaekwad

Hi,

I am having windows service which is to be scheduled at specific times daily like 8AM,4PM,6PM,10PM. I want this to be done programatically not using scheduler. Can any one help me on this.

Regards

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Vishal Jadav10y ago
Hi,
you can use below code.
ServiceController Controller = new ServiceController("YOUR SERVICE NAME");
TimeSpan timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5000);
Controller.Start("ARGUMENTS IF ANY");
Controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, timeout);
Its working code.
hope it helps,
Thanks.
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Akshay Phadke10y ago
The Best way when you had created a service now you can run that service with the help of Task scheduler in Task scheduler you can specify the time interval there on what time do you want to run that service .
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Vinay Singh10y ago
hi
Please check the link
http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Simple-Windows-Service-that-runs-periodically-and-once-a-day-at-specific-time-using-C-and-VBNet.aspx
https://stick2basic.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/how-to-schedule-a-c-windows-service-to-run-a-method-daily/
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Manas Mohapatra10y ago
As per your requirement, follow below code:
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
test.testTimer.Enabled = true;
test.testTimer.Interval = 360000;    // Execute timer every
                                    // five seconds
test.testTimer.Elapsed += new
    System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(test.testTimer_Elapsed);
}

private void testTimer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
    // Apply to logic to find out the time
    string timeNow = DateTime.Now.ToString("HHtt");
    if(timeNow == "08AM" || timeNow == "04PM")
    {
        // Call your method to perform
    }

    System.Console.WriteLine("myTimer event occurred");
}

protected override void OnStop()
{
    // Log service is stopped
}
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