how to have a function run inside a service every 10 minutes?

Question

I have a windows service running, inside this i want to run a function every then minutes. I have found some code but it doesn\'t seem to work? I have a logger and it does not s

Answer 1

You need to start the timer:

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
     log.Info("Info - Service Started");
    _timer = new Timer(10 * 60 * 1000); // every 10 minutes
    _timer.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(timer_Elapsed);
    _timer.Start(); // <- important
}