Question

I’d like to implement a recurring functionality to do something that activates, say, every Monday.

What are the ways of doing this programmatically in a Window Forms application that runs continuously in a server?

I’m familiar with delays but I haven’t implemented delays that span for a week or month.

Answer 1

In my opinion your best bet is to write this functionality in a Console app and create a task on the server using Scheduled Tasks (or SQL Scheduler, or your favorite Scheduling tool) to execute it at whatever interval you need.

I don’t like to see apps have “hidden” tasks in the code that execute at a specific time. Too many opportunities to fail without notification.

With a scheduling tool you can view/change the schedule without having to touch source code.

As side notes, Windows Forms apps should run on the client, not on the server.