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

Jul 27 '06 #1

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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

Jul 27 '06 #2

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

Jul 27 '06 #3

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

Jul 27 '06 #4

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

Jul 27 '06 #5

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

Jul 27 '06 #6

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

Jul 27 '06 #7

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

Jul 27 '06 #8

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

Jul 27 '06 #9

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

Jul 27 '06 #10

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