Windows Services

Question

Hi all I'm looking to buld a program that acts as a Windows Service which runs in the background on a Windows Machine. I have Visual Studio .Net 2003 and I see that under the File>New>Project heading I can create a C# Windows Service. Most experience I have in C# is in ASP.Net and so i've never written a windows service before. Is there a good set of tutorials or example code that show me how to build/test/deploy a basic windows service in C#? Many Thanks

dito1710 · Answer

Thanks Stefan your help is appreciated. That should be enough to get me started - I also found the C#-Corner code base helpful. Will let you know how I get on

S_Kiryazov · Answer

I have not implemented windows services but I have a basic idea of what you have to do. I don't know exactly what code VS autogenerates but basically you've got to inherit from ServiceBase and you have to implement also a ServiceProcessInstaller and ServiceInstaller to install the service. Some snippets: static void Main() { System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun; ServicesToRun = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] { new Service1() }; System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun); } this is to start your Service1 inherited from ServiceBase here are some properties of your service that you have to set: CanStop CanShutdown CanPauseAndContinue you override OnStart OnStop methods like this protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { FileStream fs = new FileStream(@c:\MyWindowsService_CS.txt FileMode.OpenOrCreate FileAccess.Write); StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(fs); sr.WriteLine(MyWindowsService_CS started); sr.Flush(); } I hope this can help at least a bit