Windows Service (edit)
- Windows.Forms applications
- Using a System.Windows.Forms.Timer (not System.Threading.Timer) to peform GUI updates is also a good solution.
- Let xxx run in background
Idea
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11027051/develop-a-program-that-runs-in-the-background-in-net
Source Code
https://github.com/UweKeim/SimpleBackup
https://github.com/MscrmTools/MscrmTools.Iconator (Manage custom entities icons in a single screen)
https://github.com/IBM/HTTP-BlackOps
https://github.com/IBM/HTTP-BlackOps/tree/master/CustomTestsUI
https://github.com/sunpander/YYERP
https://github.com/Autodesk/synthesis
https://github.com/Gangleider/WorkSoap
Windows Service
https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson8/
https://www.howtogeek.com/50364/convert-a-batch-bat-script-to-an-executable-exe-file/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3243348/how-to-call-a-method-daily-at-specific-time-in-c (HAY HAY HAY)
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/246697/best-timer-for-using-in-a-windows-service (HAY HAY HAY)
Both System.Timers.Timer and System.Threading.Timer will work for services
Task Scheduler
https://www.calazan.com/windows-tip-run-applications-in-the-background-using-task-scheduler/
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2407/A-New-Task-Scheduler-Class-Library-for-NET
Background Jobs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-practices/background-jobs
Set CPU Process Priority Applications in Windows 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/89548-set-cpu-process-priority-applications-windows-10-a.html
How to launch apps automatically during startup on Windows 10
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-launch-apps-automatically-during-startup-windows-10
Background Worker
https://devtut.github.io/csharp/backgroundworker.html
https://carldesouza.com/c-using-backgroundworker/
https://viblo.asia/p/backgroundworker-trong-ung-dung-c-windows-form-naQZRGy0lvx
Backgrounder
https://code.google.com/archive/p/backgrounder/
.NET Framework 4.0
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/106742/Creating-a-simple-Windows-Service
.NET Core 3.0
https://codeburst.io/create-a-windows-service-app-in-net-core-3-0-5ecb29fb5ad0
How to run background task in Outlook 2007 add-in efficiently?
- OOM: Office Object Mode
- OOM: Outlook Object Mode
- COM: Component Object Model (COM)
- VSTO Outlook Multi threading
- VSTO Outlook Addin
- VSTO Addin for Outlook
- MAPI: Messaging Application Programming Interface
- EWS: Exchange Web Services
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47312985/vsto-outlook-multithreading
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29315558/vsto-with-windows-form-and-worker-threads/
https://www.pluralsight.com/guides/how-to-write-your-first-multi-threaded-application-with-c
For Console Application - Processing jobs in a console application
https://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/background-processing/processing-jobs-in-console-app.html
For ASP.NET
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToRunBackgroundTasksInASPNET.aspx
https://www.mikesdotnetting.com/article/254/scheduled-tasks-in-asp-net-with-quartz-net
Installing windows service using installutil.exe in visual studio command prompt
Installing windows service using installutil.exe in visual studio command prompt - Dotnet Learners
To install windows service using installutil.exe in visual studio command prompt follow the below steps
To install service:
- Open visual studio command prompt as run as administrator
- Type cd %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ -> and click enter
Note: you may need to change the framework version based on VS you have - Type installutil SERVICE PATH
- Example:
installutil F:\Delete\SampleSolution\Sample\WindowsServiceExample\bin\Debug\WindowsServiceExample.exe
To un install service:
- Open visual studio command prompt as run as administrator
- Type cd %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ -> and click enter
Note: you may need to change the framework version based on VS you have - Type installutil -u SERVICE PATH
- Example:
installutil -u F:\Delete\SampleSolution\Sample\WindowsServiceExample\bin\Debug\WindowsServiceExample.exe
Note:
Instead of opening visual studio command prompt every time and typing all these commands, you can create separate windows command prompt cmd files and open them as run as administrator
Example:
To Install -> install.cmd file:
%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil F:\Delete\SampleSolution\Sample\WindowsServiceExample\bin\Debug\WindowsServiceExample.exe
pause
Example:
To Un Install -> uninstall.cmd file:
%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil F:\Delete\SampleSolution\Sample\WindowsServiceExample\bin\Debug\WindowsServiceExample.exe
pause
