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ClassObj/ClsConstants.cs

@@ -84,4 +84,26 @@ public class ClsConstants
   {
     dctScheduler[TaskName] = theTime;
   }
+
+  internal static bool CanWeGo(byte whichLevel)
+  {
+    var rv = true;
+    lock (Program.objSync2)
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        using (var cn = new SqlConnection(kmCommonLibsCore.Constants.cnCommon))
+        {
+          rv = (Convert.ToInt32(cn.ExecuteScalar($"Select dbo.rdbCanWeGo({whichLevel})")) == 1) ? true : false;
+        }
+      }
+      catch // Something is wrong with SQL, so don't let anything run
+      {
+        rv = false;
+        throw;
+      }
+    }
+    return rv;
+  } //CanWeGo
+
 }

ClassObj/ServiceMain.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ internal class ServiceMain : ServiceControl
     while (!Program.isExiting)
     {
       Thread.Sleep(rn.Next(250, 1500));
-      if (dtNext < DateTimeOffset.Now)
+      if (ClsConstants.CanWeGo(1) && dtNext < DateTimeOffset.Now)
       {
         try
         {

Program.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ internal class Program
   internal static string AppName = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName.Trim();
   internal static string MachineName = Environment.MachineName.Trim();
 
-  public static bool isExiting = false;
+  internal static bool isExiting = false;
+  internal static object objSync2 = new();    // used by the CanWeGo proc in Constants
 
   static void Main(string[] args)
   {