How do I continue an operation after computer restarts

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Hello ! I am creating an application in C#, in which my app gets some data from the user. I store these data in a List. Now my program is processing this items for quite some time ... and i want the option the user to close it's computer, and then resume the hole procedure later ... without the need to re-enter the data and start from the beginning. Is there a way to do that ?

What I have tried:

I thought of serializing the list but that didn't worked out very well.

Posted 30-Jul-17 7:42am

xXxRevolutionxXx

Updated 1-Aug-17 9:30am

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RickZeeland 30-Jul-17 14:36pm

If you make it a Windows service with start set to 'automatic' it will start automatically on restart of the computer. But WPF will not work with a service, so you would need a service that communicates with the front end in WPF, quite complicated stuff !

xXxRevolutionxXx 30-Jul-17 17:43pm

Yep i know. I don't wont to mess up with windows services though. I have something else in my mind about that ... as long as i find a way to save the progress of my app.

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How do I continue an operation after computer restarts

First you need to make your program start automatically restart with windows.
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You also need to save the user input and reload on program stating.

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Now my program is processing this items for quite some time

Either the processing restart from beginning every time, either you need to save the state on a regular basis.
The state must be done at a known point so that it can be reloaded an processing restarted.

Posted 30-Jul-17 12:09pm

Patrice T

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See this tip on how to automatically start a WinForms application: Run C# application on user logon (Windows Forms)[^]

Posted 1-Aug-17 9:30am

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CarelAgain · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-30T09:36:00

Solution 1

Intercept shutdown, persist state, resume from that persisted state. So what would be in that persisted state? What do you need to know in order to resume?

Posted 30-Jul-17 9:36am

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xXxRevolutionxXx 30-Jul-17 18:11pm

I want to persist some variables including a list of strings(as i said in my original post). The only requirement for the job to finish is the computer to be ON :P