What is the function that calls continously

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Hi,

I building an application in MFC, i want my application to be continuously run in a hidden mode,So kindly can you guide in which function should i cal my functions so that they are called continuously in my APP.

For example like taskmanager ,it runs continously and it gets updated in runtime also i want to have it in the same way.

I will be thank full i you kindly help me out in this

Posted 5-Sep-12 17:39pm

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Kuthuparakkal · Answer 1 · 2012-09-05T18:38:00

Solution 1

Best would be a Windows Service.

see : Writing Windows Services - Made easy[^]

Few basic tips related to Windows Service

Installation

Open Visual Studio Command Prompt(Start>All Programs > Vistal Studio 20xx > Visual Studio Tools > Visual Studio Command Prompt.
Type in the following at command prompt to install the service

C#

installutil "C:\Folder1\Folder2\Yourservice.exe"

Uninstallation

Open Visual Studio Command Prompt(Start>All Programs > Vistal Studio 20xx > Visual Studio Tools > Visual Studio Command Prompt.
Type in the following at command prompt to uninstall the service.

C#

installutil /u "C:\Folder1\Folder2\Yourservice.exe"

Start/stop Windows Service
Open Command Prompt(Start>Run type in cmd will launch Command Prompt).
Next
Start the Service

C#

net start Yourservicename

Stop service

C#

net stop Yourservicename

Posted 5-Sep-12 18:38pm

Kuthuparakkal

Updated 5-Sep-12 21:28pm

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Member 9274864 6-Sep-12 2:27am

Hi Kuthuparakkal thanks for the immmediate reply

1)The above code is useful for me for the other application which iam building.
So i need to add the .cpp and .h files in my code and take the instance of the CXServiceManager and call the CreateService function.

But how do i exactly use this to install it in the registries and to start the application when the applications boots.

2)And one more thing to ask you,i need a function in which i can keep my code so that it can be called continuously.I have written a code for list control and it gets updated only when the user clicks the refresh button,now i want to call that refresh button automatically with clicking any button for that i need a function which call continuously so that i can cal my function in it.

Kuthuparakkal 6-Sep-12 3:29am

see my soln updated

Member 9274864 6-Sep-12 4:43am

Thanks for the solution ,but what about the second question ,do u have any idea about that.

2)And one more thing to ask you,i need a function in which i can keep my code so that it can be called continuously.I have written a code for list control and it gets updated only when the user clicks the refresh button,now i want to call that refresh button automatically with clicking any button for that i need a function which call continuously so that i can cal my function in it.

Kuthuparakkal 6-Sep-12 6:16am

what do you mean by continuously.. can you post some pseudo logic or pseudo code.

Member 9274864 6-Sep-12 6:49am

I have a function for updating data in the list control , i have called this function in the OnInitDialog() and this function is called only once while initializing , but i want that list control to be updated continuously in the run time,as that list control runs in the backround in the hidden mode.So kindly suggest where should i call that function so that function gets called in the run time with out clicking any button or any thing...

So i checking out for a function which i always called ,so that i can declare my function in it, through which my list control gets updated continously

Kuthuparakkal 6-Sep-12 6:56am

see my reply.

Kuthuparakkal 7-Sep-12 3:54am

The best stuff here is to use a BackgroundWorker...

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/112547-using-the-backgroundworker-in-c%23/[^]