how to implement windows service loop that waits for a period in C# / .NET2.0
- by matti
My question is that is this the best practice to do this. Couldn't find any good examples. I have following code in file created by VS2005:
public partial class ObjectFolder : ServiceBase
{
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
ObjectFolderApp.Initialize();
ObjectFolderApp.StartMonitorAndWork();
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
// TODO: Add code here to perform any tear-down necessary to stop yourservice.
}
}
then:
class ObjectFolderApp
{
public static bool Initialize()
{
//all init stuff
return true;
}
public static void StartMonitorAndWork()
{
Thread worker = new Thread(MonitorAndWork);
worker.Start();
}
private static void MonitorAndWork()
{
int loopTime = 60000;
if (int.TryParse(_cfgValues.GetConfigValue("OfWaitLoop"), out loopTime))
loopTime = 1000 * loopTime;
while (true)
{
/* create+open connection and fill DataSet */
DataSet ofDataSet = new DataSet("ObjectFolderSet");
using (_cnctn = _dbFactory.CreateConnection())
{
_cnctn.Open();
//do all kinds of database stuff
}
Thread.Sleep(loopTime);
}
}
}
