C# Windows Application -- Automatic Email with an Attachment

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I have developed a window application which is used to store the login time and logout time of an employee.

My table(EmpGridView)contains EmpID,cur_Date,EmpNAME,Email_ID,InTime,OutTime,Est atus,TotalWorkingHoours as the columns.

Now I need to send an email(eg: to abc@abc.com) automatically for every 30 min. with an attachment.

The attachment consists of the details from the EmpGridView table where Estatus = 'in' (this mean I need to send the details who's ever status is 'in' and ignore all other).

Explain how to do this.

Posted 14-Mar-13 0:09am

Harsha24

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Answer 1 · 2013-03-14T00:16:00

You need Windows Service[^] for this.

Sample: Simple Windows Service which sends auto Email alerts[^]
Details about Windows Service: MSDN: Introduction to Windows Service Applications[^]

Sending Automated Emails asynchronously using a C# Windows Service in conjunction with Database Email records – Part I[^]
Sending Automated Emails asynchronously using a C# Windows Service in conjunction with Database Email records PART – II[^]

Alternatively, you may use Task Scheduler (Windows)[^]
A comparison about Task Scheduler vs Windows Service[^]

Or use SQL Server jobs[^]
SQL Database Mail - Send Emails from SQL Server[^]
SQL Database Mail - Send T-SQL Results by Email[^]

BTW found a nice article in CP(Nice article)
Simulate a Windows Service using ASP.NET to run scheduled jobs[^]

Check out CodeProject Answers[^] for similar question asked before.

For attachment you just need to add a line mail.Attachments.Add(attachment) in your send mail code.