How to have a loop in a Windows service without using the Timer

Question

I want to call a Business layer method from a Windows service (done using C# and .NET) after every 10 seconds. However, i dont want to use the Timer_Elapsed event since it s

Answer 1

Check out this discussion, and in particular the answer by jsw. It suggests a synchronization mechanism to prevent multiple simultaneous calls to the business logic. Just disabling the timer in the Elapsed handler method isn't guaranteed to prevent parallel calls since the handler is invoked on a separate thread. Use a lock as jsw suggests, and stop the timer within the synchronized code block.

Alternatively, you could use a Timer and set the AutoReset property to false. That way, the Elapsed event is raised only once and you can reset the timer manually towards the end of the handler method.