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

    Thread thread;
    private void DoWork(object arg)
    {
        while (true)
        {
            // Run this code once every 20 seconds or stop if the service is stopped
            try
            {
                Thread.Sleep(20000);
                //Do work....
            }
            catch(ThreadInterruptedException)
            {
                return;
            }

        }
    }

    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        // Start the thread
        thread = new Thread(DoWork);
        mWorker.Start();
    }

    protected override void OnStop()
    {
        // interrupt thread and wait until it does
        thread.Interrupt();
        thread.Join();
    }