Hi,

Requirement - I have a periodic task I want to run in a windows environment for my application. It will have a simple interface that allow some basic configuration (e.g. URLs & how often to run it). I want it to run every X hours (configurable) when the machine is running.

Question - Do I just create an application with a system tray presence for this? Or should I be creating a service that has a separate UI that hooks into it.

BY THE WAY - I'm a beginner C# developing using Visual Studio Express keep in mind. Also if you could give a quick overview of the design of what you recommend that would be great for a newbie (e.g. if you suggest a service, does this mean you really need one application for the service, and another application that has a UI that does the configuration for the service?)

thanks