Monday, December 8, 2014

Windows Service to run a function at specified time

Running a windows service on specific time and a given interval.

The below service is scheduled to run between – 4.50 PM – 5.00 PM every day. The service will run for the interval of 15 minutes.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace EAdvicesServices
{
    partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
    {
        System.Timers.Timer timer1 = null;
        public Service1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.CanHandlePowerEvent = true;
            this.CanHandleSessionChangeEvent = true;
            this.CanPauseAndContinue = true;
            this.CanShutdown = true;
            this.CanStop = true;
           
        }

        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
        {
            // TODO: Add code here to start your service.
            //For each process timer should be mentioned here.
            double elapseTime = Convert.ToDouble("900000");
            timer1 = new System.Timers.Timer(elapseTime);
            timer1.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(timer1_Elapsed);
            timer1.Start();

           

        }

        protected override void OnStop()
        {
            // TODO: Add code here to perform any tear-down necessary to stop your service.
            timer1.Stop();
            timer1.Enabled = false;
        }

        protected void timer1_Elapsed(object source, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs aa)
        {
           
            TimeSpan currentDate = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;
            TimeSpan scheduleStartDate = DateTime.Parse("1/1/2013 04:50:00 PM").TimeOfDay;
            TimeSpan scheduleEndDate = DateTime.Parse("1/1/2013 05:00:00 PM").TimeOfDay;

            if ((TimeSpan.Compare(currentDate, scheduleStartDate) > 0) && (TimeSpan.Compare(currentDate, scheduleEndDate) < 0))
            {
                RunServiceProgram();
            }
        }

        private void RunServiceProgram()
        {
            //Write here you code to execute the program
        }
    }
}



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