have report run at specified hour

Question

I had a friend ask me about writing a program that would allow data entry and then run and display a report each day at 11:00 am.

What is the best/easiest way to make the report run at a specified hour?

He wants something that can run on a standalone (laptop) computer running windows xp. Most of my experience is with asp.net and c#.

Answer 1

Windows Task Scheduler?

That said, in an ideal world you'll store the data and run the reporting on a server rather than a laptop. (What happens if the laptop is off-site/turned off, etc.)

Answer 2

The Windows Task Scheduler can be used to schedule most anything.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383614%28VS.85%29.aspx

Scheduling in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308569