Timer component not working in Service Application

[smith]

I've added a timer to my C# application which is running as a service. Everything seems to work fine but the timer never ticks! I've tried setting it to various intervals to see if it does work but nothing! I've also added a writelog even in the tick to see if it works or not. It does not.

Any ideas?

[dirkfirst]

Are you using the standard Timer as in, the timer that you install on form applications?

[Lop]

You can't use the stand GUI timer with a service. Use system.timer or thread.timer to accomplish this.

[smith]

How do I use the system.timer or thread.timer? I have no idea how to make it tick.

[Jordan]

I've got code that does this. I'll paste it when I go back to work.

[Cosmet]

I've got some code as well. Here is how to use it:

Declare it in your class

public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
    {
        // Create a threaded timer
        private static System.Timers.Timer t = new System.Timers.Timer();

If you are doing a timer, you should use a thread that executes a function which then enables the timer. I'll skip that part though.

In your function:

            // Set the interval in MS for the timer
            t.Interval = 30000; // 30 seconds

            // TODO: Add code here to start your service.
            //Enable the timer and set the interval for 10 seconds
            t.Enabled = true;

            //Assign a new event handler to the Elapsed method
            t.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(timer1_Tick);

            //Start the timer
            t.Start();

Your Tick Function:

        private void timer1_Tick(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
        {
            // Stop the Timer
            t.Stop();
            t.Enabled = false;

            // Execute the function
            myFunction();

            // Enable the timer
            t.Start();
            t.Enabled = true;
        }