C#

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
    WriteEventEntry("TestService starting...", EventLogEntryType.Information, 100, 100);
    timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(timer_Tick);
    timer.Interval = 5000;
    timer.Enabled = true;
}

private void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    timer.Enabled = false; // stop timer to prevent more than one execution
    WriteEventEntry(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " timer ticked...", EventLogEntryType.Information, 100, 100);
    // do something useful here
    timer.Enabled = true; // start timer again

}

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

Is there any reason to prefer worker thread approach?

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

Can you elaborate why sleeping on the worker thread is bad design?

JoeSchmoe007 wrote:

What design would you recommend instead

// Summary:
//     Implements a System.IO.TextReader that reads characters from a byte stream
//     in a particular encoding.

FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://ftpuser...etc");
request.UsePassive = true;
request.UseBinary = true;
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(File.Open(fileLocalDir, FileMode.Open));

FileInfo info = new FileInfo(fileLocalDir);
byte[] testArray = new byte[info.Length];

int i;
for (i = 0; i < info.Length; i++)
{
    testArray[i] = br.ReadByte();
}

request.ContentLength = i;

try
{
    Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
    requestStream.Write(testArray, 0, i);
    requestStream.Close();

    FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
    response.Close();
}

c2423 wrote:

I figure there must be part of the Win32 API that performs the find in files function for a set of files

c2423 wrote:

Can anybody give me any pointers?

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