Running a task every month

[Beren]

Hello,
I need to run a routine every first day of the month, even when there is no
page request.
What would be the best way of achieving this ? A cache variable ?

Thanks,

Beren

 

[Karl Seguin]

A service or scheduled task would be the best way.

Karl

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[Beren]

Thank for the replies, but this means I can't start the routine from the
server, making the whole system dependent of a client request. Isn't there a
way to let the server govern this ?

Thanks,

Beren

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Beren,

Setup a Windows Scheduled Task that will call a browser with an url to the
page that runs the routine.

Eliyahu

 

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Why can't you? Usually servers have browsers installed on them. Just make an
url to localhost.

Eliyahu

 

[Yunus Emre ALPÖZEN [MCSD.NET]]

U can use a timer. But u should use System.Threading.Timer which uses CLR
thread and doesn't requires a client request.. But be careful that u do
samething more than one times.... U should develop a mechanism to mark that
u successfully did it for this month...

 

[Beren]

Thanks for your help everyone, I've got a good idea of what I can do now.

Beren