How to let Timer skip tick if the previous thread is still busy

Question

I created a windows service, that is supposed to check a certain table in the db for new rows every 60 seconds. For every new row that was added, I need to do some heavy pro

Answer 1

You don't need the lock in this case. Set timer.AutoReset=false before starting it. Restart the timer in the handler after you are done with your processing. This will ensure that the timer fires 60 seconds after each task.