Question

i m creating a library project and want to sending mail automatically for the defaulter(who not return book at time) . for some search on internet i found the window service that help
but i can’t understand to use properly
1- create a window service with timer that compare current date to sqltable returndate column
(how to compare)
and if (is true)
then send mail automatically.
please tell me ho how to implement

Answer 1

1. Create a new service project (Visual C# / Windows / Windows service)
2. Double click on the service file in solution explorer.
3. Right click in the design view of that file and add an installer from the context menu.
4. Select the service process installer item in the design view and setup the Account property in the Properties window to something like NetworkService or LocalSytem to give the service enough rights for mail network and database operations
5. In the underlying service class you have the overwritten methods OnStart() and OnStop() to control the behavior of the service. you also can overwrite OnPause(), OnShutdown() and OnContinue()
6. Use the SmtpClient class from the .NET Framework, if you want to send by SMTP: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.smtpclient.aspx

7. Use the console tool installutil.exe from the .NET SDK to install the service:

   installutil.exe -i myService.exe