launch exe

[Fabio R.]

Hi,
I have a windows service that do some check every hour, calling a webservice
in my app.
Now I need to upload my app on a shared hosting and I can't install my
windows service, so I need another solution; a simple timer doesn't work in
Win2003server because the application pool is recycled after 20 minutes of
inactivity...
But I can set execute permission on some files, so my question is:
can I launch an exe from the global.asax, when the app starts, and let it
work like a windows service?
Fabio

 

[George Ter-Saakov]

I do not think you will be able to launch exe from shared hosting.
The only solution I have is to make an ASPX page that does the "check" you
need and hit it from your home machine (it will take five minutes to do that
program and put it on schedule).

Should work if you have cable or DSL.

George.