Timer not working on my Service.

[janhm]

Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[RobbGMelenyk]

I believe you need a System.Timers.T imer which supports Timer_Elapsed
event. You are using a System.Windows. Forms.Timer which uses
Timer_Tick event. I believe the timer you want is in the Components
section of the toolbox.
janhm wrote:

Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[janhm]

Thanks Robb.

I see your point, however I did use the one from the Components section of
the toolbox.

/Jan
<Ro**********@g mail.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ p79g2000cwp.goo glegroups.com.. .

>I believe you need a System.Timers.T imer which supports Timer_Elapsed
event. You are using a System.Windows. Forms.Timer which uses
Timer_Tick event. I believe the timer you want is in the Components
section of the toolbox.
janhm wrote:

>Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabl ed = true;
timer1.Interva l = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (3000);
SendMessage((i nt)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (10000);
SendMessage((i nt)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

janhm,
A windows service seems like an awful lot of overhead just for something
that really needs to only execute 2X a day.
Why not just convert this to a console app and set it to run at the
appropriate times in Task Scheduler?
Peter

--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog:
http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com


"janhm" wrote:

Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[RobbGMelenyk]

Interesting. My particular componets timer does not suppoer the Tick
event. I've had this problem before with my own services, and
switching to the System.Timers.T imer fixed it.
janhm wrote:

Thanks Robb.

I see your point, however I did use the one from the Components section of
the toolbox.

/Jan
<Ro**********@g mail.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ p79g2000cwp.goo glegroups.com.. .

I believe you need a System.Timers.T imer which supports Timer_Elapsed
event. You are using a System.Windows. Forms.Timer which uses
Timer_Tick event. I believe the timer you want is in the Components
section of the toolbox.
janhm wrote:

Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[janhm]

I thought about that also.. but i need to have a this running with a Secure
Browser (www.sitekiosk.com) so instead of having to set up the browser to
allow this app to run, and it would also need to be deployed on 180+
machines. I thought just installing a service would be easier.

But the service solution might not be the best way around this.

/Jan

"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pb*******@yaho o.nospammin.com wrote in message
news:F4******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

janhm,
A windows service seems like an awful lot of overhead just for something
that really needs to only execute 2X a day.
Why not just convert this to a console app and set it to run at the
appropriate times in Task Scheduler?
Peter

--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog:
http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com


"janhm" wrote:

>Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabl ed = true;
timer1.Interva l = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (3000);
SendMessage((i nt)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (10000);
SendMessage((i nt)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[janhm]

Strange.. I checked it twice.. Im using vs 2005

<Ro**********@g mail.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ p79g2000cwp.goo glegroups.com.. .

Interesting. My particular componets timer does not suppoer the Tick
event. I've had this problem before with my own services, and
switching to the System.Timers.T imer fixed it.
janhm wrote:

>Thanks Robb.

I see your point, however I did use the one from the Components section
of
the toolbox.

/Jan
<Ro**********@ gmail.comwrote in message
news:11******* *************** @p79g2000cwp.go oglegroups.com. ..

>I believe you need a System.Timers.T imer which supports Timer_Elapsed
event. You are using a System.Windows. Forms.Timer which uses
Timer_Tick event. I believe the timer you want is in the Components
section of the toolbox.
janhm wrote:
Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabl ed = true;
timer1.Interva l = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (3000);
SendMessage((i nt)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (10000);
SendMessage((i nt)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[RobbGMelenyk]

Ah, 2k3 over here. :(
janhm wrote:

Strange.. I checked it twice.. Im using vs 2005

<Ro**********@g mail.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ p79g2000cwp.goo glegroups.com.. .

Interesting. My particular componets timer does not suppoer the Tick
event. I've had this problem before with my own services, and
switching to the System.Timers.T imer fixed it.
janhm wrote:

Thanks Robb.

I see your point, however I did use the one from the Components section
of
the toolbox.

/Jan
<Ro**********@g mail.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ p79g2000cwp.goo glegroups.com.. .
I believe you need a System.Timers.T imer which supports Timer_Elapsed
event. You are using a System.Windows. Forms.Timer which uses
Timer_Tick event. I believe the timer you want is in the Components
section of the toolbox.
janhm wrote:
Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off
at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[janhm]

Ok, i removed the timer i selected from the toobox and added this:

timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHan dler(OnElapsed) ;

timer.Interval = 10000;
timer.AutoReset = true;
timer.Start();

void OnElapsed(Objec t sender, ElapsedEventArg s e)
{
// do stuff here
}

this seems to work, thanks Robb, for pointing me in the right direction. :)

But this brings me to Peters respons. Would this be a bad solution to use a
Service for this ?
/Jan

"janhm" <no******@this. adrwrote in message
news:rF******** ************@fe 05.news.easynew s.com...

Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan

[RobbGMelenyk]

I apologize if i'm interjecting, but it seems Peter thought you were
using it on a home system, and no plans of any sort of deployment. I
think that the service would be easier to manage, in your case of
deployment. If I were doing this at home, yea I'd just write a console
app.

Again sorry if it's not my place.
janhm wrote:

Ok, i removed the timer i selected from the toobox and added this:

timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHan dler(OnElapsed) ;

timer.Interval = 10000;
timer.AutoReset = true;
timer.Start();

void OnElapsed(Objec t sender, ElapsedEventArg s e)
{
// do stuff here
}

this seems to work, thanks Robb, for pointing me in the right direction. :)

But this brings me to Peters respons. Would this be a bad solution to use a
Service for this ?
/Jan

"janhm" <no******@this. adrwrote in message
news:rF******** ************@fe 05.news.easynew s.com...

Hello.

I have created a windows service that is supposed to turn the monitor
on/off at specific times a day, but my timer dosn't seem to work.

on my Service Start i set :

timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Interval = 1500;

and on my timer_tick i set this.

int intHour = DateTime.Now.Ho ur;

if (intHour < 7)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else if (intHour 20)
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
else
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);
but it dosnt work.

i tried setting

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 3000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_OFF);
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 10000);
SendMessage((in t)-1, WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER , MONITOR_ON);

on Service Start, and this works fine, so I know my Sendmessage works.

Any advice?
/Jan