Calling a method every x minutes

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I want to call some method on every 5 minutes  How can I do this   public class Program       static void Main string   args                Console WriteLine      calling MyMethod                 Console ReadLine               private MyMethod                 Console WriteLine      Method is executed at  0        DateTime Now           Console ReadLine

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I based this on  asawyer s answer  He doesn t seem to get a compile error  but some of us do  Here is a version which the C  compiler in Visual Studio 2010 will accept   var timer   new System Threading Timer      e   gt  MyMethod          null       TimeSpan Zero       TimeSpan FromMinutes 5

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I ve uploaded a Nuget Package that can make it so simple  you can have it from here ActionScheduler   It supports  NET Standard 2 0  And here how to start using it   using ActionScheduler   var jobScheduler   new JobScheduler TimeSpan FromMinutes 8   new Action      gt        What you want to execute       jobScheduler Start       To Start up the Scheduler  jobScheduler Stop       To Stop Scheduler from Running

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Use a Timer  Timer documentation

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var startTimeSpan   TimeSpan Zero  var periodTimeSpan   TimeSpan FromMinutes 5    var timer   new System Threading Timer  e    gt        MyMethod          null  startTimeSpan  periodTimeSpan

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Example of using a Timer  using System  using System Timers   static void Main string   args        Timer t   new Timer TimeSpan FromMinutes 5  TotalMilliseconds      Set the time  5 mins in this case      t AutoReset   true      t Elapsed    new System Timers ElapsedEventHandler your method       t Start          This method is called every 5 mins private static void your method object sender  ElapsedEventArgs e        Console WriteLine  quot     quot

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Using a DispatcherTimer   var  activeTimer   new DispatcherTimer      Interval   TimeSpan FromMinutes 5        activeTimer Tick    delegate  object sender  EventArgs e        YourMethod           activeTimer Start

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while  true        Thread Sleep 60   5   1000       Console WriteLine      calling MyMethod             MyMethod

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Start a timer in the constructor of your class  The interval is in milliseconds so 5 60 seconds   300 seconds   300000 milliseconds   static void Main string   args        System Timers Timer timer   new System Timers Timer        timer Interval   300000      timer Elapsed    timer Elapsed      timer Start        Then call GetData   in the timer Elapsed event like this   static void timer Elapsed object sender  System Timers ElapsedEventArgs e          YourCode

[c#] Calling a method every x minutes

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