windows service debugging

Question

Good articles in here about writing a Windows Service in C# but what about debugging them in Studio .NET 2003? I can disable the service installation code and treat it all like a console app but I can't really debug the final service if it's installed as a service and it exhibits problems. Any suggestions? Thanks.

pradeeps · Answer

After the service is up and running In visual studio .net go to -->debug -->processes u can see a list of available process select ur service from the list and attach it. Now u can put break points and debug.

madinewala · Answer

another way to debug the service is use the Eventlog and write the entries whereever needed. All the enteries would go to the Windows EventLog

spgilmore · Answer

I haven't done this with Visual Studio but I have in Delphi. All you should have to do is: 1) Start Visual Studio. 2) Load the source for the service. Compile as Debug and deploy if necessary. 3) Start the service. 4) In Visual Studio click Tools -> Debug Processes. Select the process for that service and it will attach the debugger. You can then set breakpoints and evaluate values etc.