Having problems with Timer

[radiance]

Hello.

i want to drop in a timer for my windows service file which should run every 3 days. i imported the following namespaces,

Imports System.Threading.Timer
Imports System.Timers

but I am still having problems with the timer. I get an error on System.timers about...etc

I dropped a timer in and then took it out, nothing works.

here's the code (do I need to to put it in a sub...)

dim xy as new timeSpan(3,0,0)
system.timers.timer g = new system.timers.timer(xy.milliseconds)
AddHandler g.Elapsed, AddressOf TimerElapsed
g.enabled=true

thanks in advance.

 

[ThatRickGuy]

3 days in milliseconds would be what... 26 million or so? Check the parameter on the timer constructor, it may be Integer (maxes out at 16 million).

If so, you may want to have the timer run more often, and check a stored value of the last time the process was run. If it has been more than 3 days from the last run, run the procedure again. If not, do nothing.

-Rick

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[radiance]

if it maxes out, are there other options? I get a syntax error and I need the service to run weekly, but in intervals.