using a timer in C# service 1

[kurie]

hi everyone,

I have got a service i have developed in C#, on that service i have added some function and they are working fine.
My problem is i want to add a timer on the service. i can add it but when i run my service the timer is not getting focus, the tick event is not triggerd,
does anyone have idea why this is so.

 

[dseaver]

This may be a dumb question but did you call the start method?

 

[jmeckley]

I use timers in my services and i haven't had a problem with them.

public partial class MySerivce : ServiceBase
{
   private readonly timer;
   public MyService(Timer timer)
   {
       InitializeComponents();
       container.Add(timer);

       this.timer = timer;
       this.timer.Elaspsed += timer_Elasped;
   }

   public override void Start(string[] args)
   {
       timer.Start();
   }

   public override void Stop()
   {
       timer.Stop();
   }

   public override void Dispose()
   {
       timer.Elasped -= timer_Elasped;
   }

   private void timer_Elasped(object sender, ElaspedEventArgs e)
   {
      timer.Stop();
      //do work
      timer.Start();
   }
}

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[chrissie1]

try using the timer in system.threading it has less of an impact on resources then the 2 others.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

The future is out there

 

[kurie]

Thank you guys for your contributions, i used the threads and it worked.
By i still dont understand why my normal timer didnt tick, my code was a bit different from jmeckley's though.

 

[chiph]

Like Christiaan says -- always use the timer from the System.Threading namespace. The others require a Windows event pump being created behind the scenes in order to work correctly.

Chip H.


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