Hi

I'm looking for a way to run my application in the background based on scheduled date and time, that is set in config file by client.

1. Should I use a windows service ? and if yes, do I have to reconstruct my whole app as windows service (currrently it's a windows forms app) ?
2. Any assistance about event handler for scheduling a process in the application.

Thanks!

Do you want it to start running in the background at a certain time, or do you want it to be running in the background and perform a certain task at the appointed time?

The first one sounds more like an ideal for this app.
The client set the schedule (daily, weekly etc) at a certain time, just like Norton AV.
Once the schedule is set, the app .exe (no UI) will be called accordingly, run its process (preferably in the background), and dispose when finished.

The Scheduled Tasks would be a good option, so I'm looking for a simple way to code it from vb.net
Any other thoughts or ideas would be helpful.

Thanks!

Well, Windows has a task scheduler built in.
Add the .EXE to that, and it will run.
It is up to the .EXE then to kill itself when it is done, of course.

In Win2K you right-click My Computer,
expand the Control Panel node,
select Scheduled Tasks,
then double-click Add Scheduled Task in the right-hand panel.

Hi Brian

The Task Scheduler is a great tool, but I had to find a way to work with it thru coding. This became much easier with Dennis Austin's class library for working with the Task Scheduler from .NET (http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/TSNewLib.asp). It's written in C#, includes excellent MSDN-like documentation and provides full configuration of the Task Scheduler.

Cheers!!

I have got to do a scheduled(every year) task running in the background
of a dotnetnuke application.I understand that it can be done using dotenetnuke scheduler client.But I don't know how to use it.So if anybody can help me out this problem I would be very grateful.Thanks.