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  • P PIEBALDconsult

    Use a Windows Scheduled Task to schedule for only those days and times you want it to run.

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    Ok Have a look on the environnement The application should run on a server ONE user uses an interface (web page) on a remote machine to set up the days an time he wants to get some rapport The question is what would be the best way to automaticaly set up the Windows scheduller on the server when the user changes his mind ?

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      Ok Have a look on the environnement The application should run on a server ONE user uses an interface (web page) on a remote machine to set up the days an time he wants to get some rapport The question is what would be the best way to automaticaly set up the Windows scheduller on the server when the user changes his mind ?

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      Well that's a whole other situation than what you described in the original post. And in that case, I agree with a Windows Service that executes the task when specified. I have written such a scheduler. Tasks were scheduled in a database via whatever client (I used WinForms). I will further state that I stopped using my task scheduler when I made my report scheduler.

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      to get some rapport

      I'll assume you mean report. Are the reports generated by Crystal or another report system? If so, I suggest a Service that executes the report more directly, without some other executable in between.

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      • P PIEBALDconsult

        Well that's a whole other situation than what you described in the original post. And in that case, I agree with a Windows Service that executes the task when specified. I have written such a scheduler. Tasks were scheduled in a database via whatever client (I used WinForms). I will further state that I stopped using my task scheduler when I made my report scheduler.

        baranils wrote:

        to get some rapport

        I'll assume you mean report. Are the reports generated by Crystal or another report system? If so, I suggest a Service that executes the report more directly, without some other executable in between.

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        Hello PIEBALDconsult

        Well that's a whole other situation than what you described in the original post.

        Not really :

        My need is to schedulle to run a C# application once a day for some days of the week
        And I provide an UI to set those days

        As I said my C# application do the job (getting date, create report) My application can also read the xml setings file created by the UI I can of course run my application as a service but I see some advantage to keep it as an exe file and try to les Windows schedulle it 1- As long as it only needs to run maximum once a day it is not efficient to let a servis running all the time 2- With an exe we keep the ability to manualy launch som "extra run" if needed

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          My need is to schedulle to run a C# application once a day for some days of the week And I provide an UI to set those days So I was trying to find out if the best way is to make a service to do that or to programaticaly try to make a new Windows task to run the app as an exe Thanks for your help / suggestion Olivier

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          I wrote some code for that and use it in a windows service: Scheduling Future Dates [^]

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            I wrote some code for that and use it in a windows service: Scheduling Future Dates [^]

            .45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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            "The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001

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            Thank you John ! I'll have a look on that

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              Hello PIEBALDconsult

              Well that's a whole other situation than what you described in the original post.

              Not really :

              My need is to schedulle to run a C# application once a day for some days of the week
              And I provide an UI to set those days

              As I said my C# application do the job (getting date, create report) My application can also read the xml setings file created by the UI I can of course run my application as a service but I see some advantage to keep it as an exe file and try to les Windows schedulle it 1- As long as it only needs to run maximum once a day it is not efficient to let a servis running all the time 2- With an exe we keep the ability to manualy launch som "extra run" if needed

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              Don't think so small. If this project is a success they'll ask you to write other such reports that may have to run more than once a day or on demand. It'll be easier in the long run if you provide such flexibility from the start.

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              • P PIEBALDconsult

                Don't think so small. If this project is a success they'll ask you to write other such reports that may have to run more than once a day or on demand. It'll be easier in the long run if you provide such flexibility from the start.

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                Yes of course, I agree with you, but practicaly I'll still be happy to understand how to setup the windows scheduller programatically Maybe by simply execute taskschd.exe using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start?

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                  Yes of course, I agree with you, but practicaly I'll still be happy to understand how to setup the windows scheduller programatically Maybe by simply execute taskschd.exe using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start?

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                  baranils wrote:

                  execute taskschd.exe

                  That's how I've done it in the past. But there oughta be a better way.

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                  • P PIEBALDconsult

                    baranils wrote:

                    execute taskschd.exe

                    That's how I've done it in the past. But there oughta be a better way.

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                    PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                    That's how I've done it in the past. But there oughta be a better way.

                    Do you know some ?

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                      PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                      That's how I've done it in the past. But there oughta be a better way.

                      Do you know some ?

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                      No, and I just found this[^].

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