For a few months now I have been working on a Quartz.Net eBook. So far I have managed to write a total of 40 pages, out of which about 15 make up the Getting Started section. This section is almost complete. I am reviewing it and will make it available for free on this blog as soon as it has been cleaned up.
Continue ReadingNow that SQL Compact 4.0 is out, you might want to use it to as your Quartz.Net job store. Here is how to set up a Quartz.Net 2.0 scheduler with a SQL Compact 4.0 database. PrerequisitesFirst, you will need to download the SQL Compact 4.0 runtime and install it on the same box that will run the Quartz.
Continue ReadingIt’s possible to have multiple instances of Quartz.Net on one machine. This is especially useful if you want to run an instance of Quartz.Net 2.0 alongside an existing Quartz.Net 1.0 instance. However, you can install 2 (or more) instances of Quartz.Net 2.0 on the same box if that’s what you want.
Continue ReadingNow that there is an official beta release of Quartz.Net 2, I thought it would be a good idea to go through the installation process and describe it step by step. Before we get started I’d like to point out that this post was written using Windows 7, so the screenshots may not match exactly what you see if you are on a different version.
Continue ReadingIn today’s post I will explain how to configure a DirectoryScanJob in Quartz.Net 2.0. Configuring the DirectoryScanJob can be done either programmatically or using the quartz_jobs.xml file. We will cover how to configure the job using the xml file in this post as it is not exactly straightforward to do so.
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