控制台应用程序服务-我需要注意些什么吗？

Question

I'm coding a console application that is reading and writing some stuff at different intervals during the day. I want this later (if its "final") as a service. For now a simple console application is better (that's how I thought) because its easier to use and I can see the result without having to register/start/end the service. Is it easy to later, if I'm done with the testing, just create a new service project and copy the code from the console application?

I heard now that we should not use Timer in a service. But I'm using System.Threading.Timer in my console application a lot. Does it mean that I'll be in trouble? Is it this "testing on console app and then using it on service" thing not a good idea? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can create Windows service and Right click->Properties and change Output Type as Console Application do your developement.Once you have done with development change back Output Type as Windows Application.

Take a look at this link to know deep about the both timers.

Answer 2

The problem with System.Threading.Timer is that there's no easy way to start/stop the timer. And because of that, you can't realiably use it for tasks which could possibly take LONGER than the timer interval.

Switch to System.Timers.Timer instead:

http://netpl.blogspot.com/2010/05/systemwindowsformstimer-vs.html

Answer 3

A good solution for you - is to try Application As Service software

You can launch every application as a service.