I have a small C# program that I created that contacts a web service and retrieves and processes datasets. No problem with that after some head scratching and much exploring of stackOverflow – thanks to all who contribute.
I normally work in the Linux world, so this is a rare foray into the Windows Environment. What I need to do is set it up so that TaskScheduler will run this application. There is no console display or interaction, everything is written to log files.
In Linux I would simply use a CRONTASK, but things are a bit different in Windows. Is this the ?proper? way to do this since it will be run once daily? I considered a windows service but there is a level of complexity that I am not sure is justified.
Thoughts?
If your app is doing small task every so often then a scheduled task is better as you’d be taking up system resources with a service sitting there doing nothing for most of the time.
If you’re running your app on a recent version of windows then take a look in the control panel and search for “scheduled tasks”. You will be able to set up a job to run your app daily in there.