Jeff Hughes wrote:
>
> I am trying to create a window service in C#.
> I created a new Windows Service and used the on_start
> to instantiate a dll. I used InstallUtil.exe to register the
> service. here is the log file from the registration. My
> problem is it will not show up in the service manager so I
> can start it. Any clues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Hughes
>
You will need to add some additional code to the service that gets
generated by the wizard. Just add a new class definition to the top of
the service class file, like this:
using System.Configuration.Install;
[RunInstallerAttribute(true)]
public class ServiceRegister:
System.Configuration.Install.Installer
{
private ServiceInstaller serviceInstaller;
private ServiceProcessInstaller processInstaller;
public ServiceRegister()
{
// create the service installer
serviceInstaller = new ServiceInstaller();
serviceInstaller.StartType =
ServiceStartMode.Manual;
serviceInstaller.ServiceName = "My Service";
serviceInstaller.DisplayName = "My Service";
Installers.Add(serviceInstaller);
// create the process installer
processInstaller = new
ServiceProcessInstaller();
processInstaller.Account =
ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
Installers.Add(processInstaller);
}
}
This allows you to set up the configuration for the service.
InstallUtil.exe looks for classes marked with the RunInstallerAttribute
set to true. You need to add a reference to
System.Configuration.Install as well.
More info at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h
tml/frlrfSystemServiceProcessServiceProcessInstallerClassTopic.asp
Chris Dix
http://www.thoughtpost.com/
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