How to run a function from the server without opening the browser

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

VB

ASP.NET

I want the server to run a function on my asp.net website dailly without me necessary opening the web browser

Posted 13-Nov-14 21:47pm

Member 10316149

Add a Solution

3 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

ashish__shukla · Answer 1 · 2014-11-13T21:56:00

Solution 1

If I understood your scenario you want to periodically run some code on the server.If this is the case then I think windows service is better suited.

Posted 13-Nov-14 21:56pm

ashish__shukla

DamithSL · Answer 2 · 2014-11-13T22:12:00

Solution 2

check Easy Background Tasks in ASP.NET[^]

Posted 13-Nov-14 22:12pm

DamithSL

Mathew Soji · Answer 3 · 2014-11-13T22:29:00

Solution 3

Explore

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToRunBackgroundTasksInASPNET.aspx[^]

https://github.com/StephenCleary/AspNetBackgroundTasks[^]

http://hangfire.io/[^]

Posted 13-Nov-14 22:29pm

Mathew Soji

Comments

Member 10316149 14-Nov-14 11:04am

thanks soji for your responds, I tried hangfire but it gives me this error in the
Package manager console:
"
Install failed. Rolling back...
Install-Package : Could not install package 'Hangfire.Core 1.1.1'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETFramework,Version=
v4.0', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the p
ackage author.
At line:1 char:16
+ install-package <<<< hangfire
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Install-Package], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NuGetCmdletUnhandledException,NuGet.PowerShell.Commands.InstallPackageCommand