C# forms - this.dispose? want to close automatically when done.

[Ravichandran Mahalingam]

Dear Readers,

I have successfully created a C# program that will load records from a
view, do some processing, write them back. I want to do this in an
unattended mode.

I want to close the program once the processing of the 500-odd records
are done.

private void frmGeoCode_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
LoadRecords();
sendXMLToSERVER();
this.Dispose();
}

when I put a break point on this.Dispose and step through it, the
application stops.

right now, it is on my workstation - can I work on other things when
this is processing in the Visual Studio.NET IDE.

any ideas will be greatly helpful.

Objective:
1. want to run this program every 3 hours on the server; want to grab
the records from a view and process them till they are done.

thanks and regards
Ravi.

[Brad Williams]

In general there's no reason to call Dispose on your Form object. Have you
tried this.Close when you want the form to close?

Does this app need a UI anyway? Why not just a command line app with a
simple Main method? Really it sounds like a candidate to be a Windows
Service that runs forever and sleeps for 3 hours between batches.

Brad Williams
"Ravichandran Mahalingam" <mr***********@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Dear Readers,

I have successfully created a C# program that will load records from a
view, do some processing, write them back. I want to do this in an
unattended mode.

I want to close the program once the processing of the 500-odd records
are done.

private void frmGeoCode_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
LoadRecords();
sendXMLToSERVER();
this.Dispose();
}

when I put a break point on this.Dispose and step through it, the
application stops.

right now, it is on my workstation - can I work on other things when
this is processing in the Visual Studio.NET IDE.

any ideas will be greatly helpful.

Objective:
1. want to run this program every 3 hours on the server; want to grab
the records from a view and process them till they are done.

thanks and regards
Ravi.

[Ravichandran Mahalingam]

Thanks Mr. Brad,

i will use that additional line mentioned in your statement.

I could have chosen 'A Console Application' and things would have easier
with that.

thanks and regards
Ravi.

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