C# Console Application - Keep it running

Question

I am about to develop a console application that will be required to continually run and carry out work at specific times.

My question is what is are best methods or

Answer 1

You can add a reference to System.Windows.Forms and call System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run() to begin a standard application message loop. Ctrl-C will terminate the app.

Another option is to use Console.ReadKey() to pause the app. Like Console.WriteLine("Press [ANY] key to quit..."); Console.ReadKey();

That's what I use in my console apps when they're just sitting there waiting for events to occur. In either case the app will continue to run and catch triggered events (like from a timer, WCF, FileWatcher, etc).