You could use VBScript to interact with them if they have COM interfaces, or you can start an Executable with the scheduler itself.
-----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddie Lascu Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:28 PM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Triggering events at precise moments of the day How would that interact with all the structures and objects that are created in my app? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of gregory young Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:25 PM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Triggering events at precise moments of the day Well depending what you are doing I would prbably just use windows scheduler. On 9/27/06, Eddie Lascu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello experts, > > I need to call a method in my console app/win service at precise > moments of > the day. When I say precise I mean +/- a few seconds. The number of > events triggered and the time of the day when they should be triggered > is variable. > If only one method call must be performed, then it should always be > approximately at the same time of the day, say midnight. If two events > are to be fired, they should be say 12 hours apart, noon and midnight, > and so on. The configuration part I can handle. I need some ideas on > how to trigger > the events. > I thought about having a dedicated thread where I would have lots of > sleep periods in an infinite loop. After each sleep period, I could > compare the current time with the time of the next event that must be > fired. The event would have to be fired in X seconds and I would enter > in a new sleep period > for X/2 seconds. Eventually, the difference between the current time > and the > time of the next event would become smaller that an acceptable delta, > at which moment I would fire the event and would enter in a new sleep period. > This way the events would always be fired at approximately the same > times of > the day, and I wouldn't have to worry about the moment when the > application/win service was started. > I am not particularly proud of this solution as it seems kind of > empiric, but I just couldn't think of anything else. > Can you gals and guys come up with a more elegant and reliable approach? > > TIA, > Eddie > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > -- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. Isaac Asimov =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
