How to create windows service that executes application on every 2hours

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Hi,
I have an application that sends email when it gets execute and i am trying to execute
the application on every 2hours for this i have manually created a TaskScheduler in windows7 but instead of manually creating it i need to create a windows service that send email on every 2hours please give sample code or give some suggestion how to implement this.

Thanks&Regards,
Raghu.

Posted 22-Aug-12 1:01am

Madhugundi

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Mohamed Mitwalli · Answer 1 · 2012-08-22T01:09:00

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Hi ,
Check this article it's walk-through step by step it will guide you
http://devblog.grinn.net/2008/01/windows-services-in-c-part-1.html[^]
http://devblog.grinn.net/2008/02/windows-services-in-c-part-2-adding.html[^]
http://devblog.grinn.net/2008/02/windows-services-in-c-part-3-getting.html[^]
Best Regards
M.Mitwalli

Posted 22-Aug-12 1:09am

Mohamed Mitwalli

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Madhugundi 22-Aug-12 7:14am

Thanks consider my post.

Mohamed Mitwalli 22-Aug-12 8:17am

Your welcome hope it help you .

Manas Bhardwaj · Answer 2 · 2012-08-22T01:06:00

Well, I still like the idea of Windows Schedular to run the app every two hours and do the job.

Look at the following articles to get a headstart for Windows Service approach:

http://www.intstrings.com/ramivemula/articles/sending-automated-emails-asynchronously-using-a-c-windows-service-in-conjunction-with-database-email-records-part-ii/[^]

http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article931-how-to-send-mail-automatically-for-every-five-minutes-using-csharp.aspx[^]