Question

I have a Windows Service consisting of a timer with 4000 Interval, in tick method of timer a save method run and save a bitmap file in specific path, it is like the following:

 protected override void OnStart(string[] args) {
        CaptureTimer.Start();
    }

private void CaptureTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
        Bitmap capture = Capture.GetImage();
        capture.Save(@"D:\Doc\Temp\GeoServiceFiles\" + Environment.MachineName +
        dt.Ticks.ToString() + ".bmp");
    }

but there is not any saved file, I test the exact code in Win Application and that worked correctly replaced OnStart method with button1_Click. also for test my service add an eventlog: eventLog1.WriteEntry("test service"); and log saved correctly but yet there isn’t any saved file, So is there any special way to saved files with Windows Services?

Answer 1

What Timer you use? I think you must use System.Threading.Timer look at this Use of Timer in Windows Service