Installing Quart.Net 2.0 Beta 1 as a Windows Service

Now 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.

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Configuring a DirectoryScanJob in Quartz.Net 2.0

In 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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Implementing a Job Listener in Quartz.Net 2.0

In this post we will be implementing the job listener that we discussed in the previous post. The previous post showed us how to add a scheduler listener to the scheduler using a plugin. Now we will describe what you need to do to implement a job listener in Quartz.

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Implementing a Plugin in Quartz.Net 2.0

Today we will implement a plugin for Quartz.Net 2.0. If you’re looking for a way to implement a plugin for version 1.0 of Quartz.Net, take a look at this post. Most of the steps are the same, but there are some API changes, so the plugin isn’t exactly the same, as you will see.

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New in Quartz.Net 2.0–New Job File Format

The xml format for the quartz_jobs.xml file has changed in Quartz.Net 2.0. This is a breaking change, so you won’t be able to use your existing jobs file with the new version of Quartz.Net without updating it to the 2.0 format. If you’re interested in the details of what can be configured in this file, I would recommend looking at the xsd file that defines the schema for the file.

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