How to? take code from a form and make it into a standalone app that can be scheduled

[Carol Chisholm]

I've made a nice little form in VB.Net with a button that starts code
that reorganizes lots of files with fso type objects.

Now that it works I'd like to schedule it to run regularly each night
in the middle of the night.

What is the best way to go about this?

 

[Mark Jones]

You can use the built in scheduler in the OS to schedule your app to run.
Look in programs/accessories/system tools/scheduled tasks.
That is the easiest way. As far as the BEST way, you have lots of choices.

There are 3rd party schedulers. You can get your app to run from SQL server,
etc. You will need to design your app so that it either exits or keeps running
after it completes its tasks. Sometimes, a console application works better
in this type of application.

Good luck!

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

You could look at setting the application up as a windows service. This may
take a little more coding but it then happens behind the scenes and it will
happen if nobody is logged into the computer.

Chris

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Now that it works I'd like to schedule it to run regularly each night
in the middle of the night.

Add a task to Windows' task scheduler.

Wrapper Classes for the Windows Task Scheduler
<URL:http://www.mvps.org/emorcillo/dotnet/shell/tasksched.shtml>

 

[Carol Chisholm]

Thanks for all the learned answers,

I was perhaps not clear enough: I have at present to open a form and
then click on a button to start the app.

I need to get rid of the "click on the button" bit. In VB for Office
it's AutoStart or OnOpen, or some variant thereof.

I can't find it here.

 

[Thom]

One possibility would be to put something into a form load.

 

[Carol Chisholm]

Yes but I can't quite see how. Examples?

One possibility would be to put something into a form load.