"Terry Holland" <terryholland@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Im looking for some advice on the best direction to go in.
>
> I have the need for a function to be run at a set time each night.  This
> function will be run on a machine that will have no-one logged on at the
> time
> this function will run.  The alternatives that Im considering are
>
> 1)  Create a windows service.  Have a timer control in this service and
> set
> the interval to 24 hour and have the function being called on the
> Timer1_Tick
> event
>
> or
>
> 2) Create a app (which type?) that will be executed using a Scheduled Task
>
> What im not sure about is
>
> 1) Ive never created a servioce before so Im not sure if I can schedule
> this
> to run atspecific time of day or whether I shouyld use a timer control
>
> 2) Not sure what type of app to create so that I can run it from scheduled
> task without anyone logged on to machine.
>
> Could someone please advise.  Some example code would be helpfull.
>
> Terry Holland
>
>

"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <NoSpamMgbworld@comcast.netNoSpamM> wrote in
message news:eeugJpNeGHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> You surely can set up a service to do this, but a timer is not your best
> option. Any glitches in the system will cause it to reset and fire at the
> wrong time. You can poll time, of course, but watch that you do not put
> weight on your system. Scheduled jobs are a better option in many ways,
> although the windows scheduler can be a pain if you have lots of these
jobs.
> The good news is you can switch to another scheduler in the future, if you
> go this route.
>
> --
> Gregory A. Beamer
>
> *************************************************
> Think Outside the Box!
> *************************************************
> "Terry Holland" <terryholland@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eGNLHGNeGHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Im looking for some advice on the best direction to go in.
> >
> > I have the need for a function to be run at a set time each night.  This
> > function will be run on a machine that will have no-one logged on at the
> > time
> > this function will run.  The alternatives that Im considering are
> >
> > 1)  Create a windows service.  Have a timer control in this service and
> > set
> > the interval to 24 hour and have the function being called on the
> > Timer1_Tick
> > event
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2) Create a app (which type?) that will be executed using a Scheduled
Task
> >
> > What im not sure about is
> >
> > 1) Ive never created a servioce before so Im not sure if I can schedule
> > this
> > to run atspecific time of day or whether I shouyld use a timer control
> >
> > 2) Not sure what type of app to create so that I can run it from
scheduled
> > task without anyone logged on to machine.
> >
> > Could someone please advise.  Some example code would be helpfull.
> >
> > Terry Holland
> >
> >
>
>
>

"Michael D. Ober" <ober***@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> wrote in message
news:uhPs8cOeGHA.380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> Use the Windows Scheduler.  I have a server with over a dozen jobs
scheduled
> this way and don't have any problems with any of them.  Just remember,
that
> any unattended application requires a "try...catch...end try" handler
around
> the entire application nor can it expect any user input.
>
> Mike Ober.
>
> "Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <NoSpamMgbworld@comcast.netNoSpamM> wrote in
> message news:eeugJpNeGHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >
> > You surely can set up a service to do this, but a timer is not your best
> > option. Any glitches in the system will cause it to reset and fire at
the
> > wrong time. You can poll time, of course, but watch that you do not put
> > weight on your system. Scheduled jobs are a better option in many ways,
> > although the windows scheduler can be a pain if you have lots of these
> jobs.
> > The good news is you can switch to another scheduler in the future, if
you
> > go this route.
> >
> > --
> > Gregory A. Beamer
> >
> > *************************************************
> > Think Outside the Box!
> > *************************************************
> > "Terry Holland" <terryholland@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:eGNLHGNeGHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > > Im looking for some advice on the best direction to go in.
> > >
> > > I have the need for a function to be run at a set time each night.
This
> > > function will be run on a machine that will have no-one logged on at
the
> > > time
> > > this function will run.  The alternatives that Im considering are
> > >
> > > 1)  Create a windows service.  Have a timer control in this service
and
> > > set
> > > the interval to 24 hour and have the function being called on the
> > > Timer1_Tick
> > > event
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > 2) Create a app (which type?) that will be executed using a Scheduled
> Task
> > >
> > > What im not sure about is
> > >
> > > 1) Ive never created a servioce before so Im not sure if I can
schedule
> > > this
> > > to run atspecific time of day or whether I shouyld use a timer control
> > >
> > > 2) Not sure what type of app to create so that I can run it from
> scheduled
> > > task without anyone logged on to machine.
> > >
> > > Could someone please advise.  Some example code would be helpfull.
> > >
> > > Terry Holland
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>