Run once a day in C#

Question

Is there any clever method out there to make my executeEveryDayMethod() execute once a day, without having to involve the Windows TaskScheduler?

Answer 1

You could query time and run if your within some time frame, that way even if the machine goes off you'll call the method or use a timer like Vinko's suggestion.

But the better solution (akin to older CRON versions, so its a proven pattern) is to have some persistent data, with the cheapest solution I can think of right now being a blank file, check its last modified attribute, and if it hasn't been modified within the last 24 hours you touch it and run your method. This way you assure the method gets run first thing in the case the application is out for the weekend for example.

I've done this in C# before, but its was a year ago at another Job, so I don't have the code but it was about 20 lines (with comments and all) or so.