Task Scheduling

[Attila]

Hi.

I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or
programs at certain times and/or dates.
For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am,
on the 21st of every month.

The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire
every few seconds to check date and time. I was hoping there was a better
way to do this without using the Task Scheduler or a product such as
Automate 5.

I have googled for hours without much luck.
Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Attila

[Tom Shelton]

Attila wrote:

Hi.

I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or
programs at certain times and/or dates.
For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am,
on the 21st of every month.

The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire
every few seconds to check date and time. I was hoping there was a better
way to do this without using the Task Scheduler or a product such as
Automate 5.

I have googled for hours without much luck.
Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Attila

What's wrong with using the Task Scheduler? If you want to do it
programatically, I do have some code I could send you... It's a library
that I wrote in C#, but your welcome to use it if you would like :)

Tom Shelton

[Horatiu Ripa]

Yeah, what's wrong with task scheduler?
Anyway for that kind of things is better to have a service with a thread
checking with long wait states for the date/hour. If 21/6 start the
processing.

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"Tom Shelton" <to*@mtogden.com> wrote in message
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Attila wrote:

Hi.

I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or
programs at certain times and/or dates.
For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am, on the 21st of every month.

The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire
every few seconds to check date and time. I was hoping there was a better way to do this without using the Task Scheduler or a product such as
Automate 5.

I have googled for hours without much luck.
Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Attila

What's wrong with using the Task Scheduler? If you want to do it
programatically, I do have some code I could send you... It's a library
that I wrote in C#, but your welcome to use it if you would like :)

Tom Shelton

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

What's wrong with the task scheduler? You won't let an application sleep just to pull some data once every month, when there is
already a scheduler service running just for that.

Willy.
"Attila" <at******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ZH***************@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...

Hi.

I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or
programs at certain times and/or dates.
For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am,
on the 21st of every month.

The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire
every few seconds to check date and time. I was hoping there was a better
way to do this without using the Task Scheduler or a product such as
Automate 5.

I have googled for hours without much luck.
Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Attila

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Attila,
If you go the Timer route remember there are Three timer classes in .NET

System.Windows.Forms.Timer
System.Threading.Timer
System.Timers.Timer

Based on your description I would consider creating a Windows Service
project which is where Threading.Timer or Timers.Timer would be the better
choice.

Rather than make the timer logic unique to my program I would consider
making it a standalone program that interacted with mine, so when I needed
to control multiple programs I would only have 1 scheduler and multiple data
pulls. Of course this would probably be a Windows Service.

I would consider using the Task Scheduler if the data pulls occurred
somewhat infrequent (once a day, week, month). Rather than make my program
run all week for a 5 minute data pull. Of course if my data pull was a
service than I would look at Threading.Timer or Timers.Timer...

Hope this helps
Jay

"Attila" <at******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi.

I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or
programs at certain times and/or dates.
For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am,
on the 21st of every month.

The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire
every few seconds to check date and time. I was hoping there was a better
way to do this without using the Task Scheduler or a product such as
Automate 5.

I have googled for hours without much luck.
Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Attila

[Attila]

Tom-

Would you be able to send me that code? I really would like to learn a
little more C#.

Part of the reason why I am not using the Task Scheduler is because of the
XP images that my work uses. The system admins tell me to just get Automate,
but my budget for this project has been used up on VB.NET and a Webserver.

Thank you much!
Danke
-Attila
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Attila wrote:

Hi.

I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or
programs at certain times and/or dates.
For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am, on the 21st of every month.

The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire
every few seconds to check date and time. I was hoping there was a better way to do this without using the Task Scheduler or a product such as
Automate 5.

I have googled for hours without much luck.
Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Attila

What's wrong with using the Task Scheduler? If you want to do it
programatically, I do have some code I could send you... It's a library
that I wrote in C#, but your welcome to use it if you would like :)

Tom Shelton