Timers in System Services

[GaryDean]

I need to use timers in a system service I am writing. I've been googling
around and read that there are problems. Some say we can simply drop a
timer on the design service with no problems and other say that is
problematic.

Is there a reccomended way in which to deal with timers in services?
Thanks
Gary

 

[Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

I've never encountered any issues using System.Timers.Timer or
System.Threading.Timer (the latter one being somewhat lowerlevel than the
first one).

Kind regards,
Henning Krause

 

[Steven Cheng]

Hi Gary,

As for Timers, only if you're developing winform and want to use it in GUI
code. Otherwise, you're always recommended to use the System.Timers.Timer
or Threading.Timer. Here is a former article discussing on the different
timers:

#Comparing the Timer Classes in the .NET Framework Class Library
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc164015.aspx

also, Jeffrey Richter's CLR via C# (.net 2.0) also has a threading chapter
discussing on the use of timer class.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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