In this series of articles I have been demonstrating a simple approach to making Windows services. In the previous article I discussed the different components generally involved in writing a service. I also provided the code for the service host and started working on the service instance. In this article I’m going to finish up… Continue reading Windows Services Made Simpler, Part 3
In the last article I provided an overview of Windows services and the issues involved in writing one compared to a normal program. In this article I will demonstrate how to write a simple service in a way that helps alleviate these issues. Before getting into the code for a service it is important to… Continue reading Windows Services Made Simpler, Part 2
In Windows a service is a process whose lifetime is managed by the system rather than by a user. MSDN describes a service as a long running process and often times this is true. Services tend to start before a user logs in (or shortly thereafter) and run until the system shuts down. This is… Continue reading Windows Services Made Simpler, Part 1
When implementing a service you really have to have a good understanding of how Windows services work. If you do it wrong then your service won’t work properly, or worse, can cause problems in Windows. Services must be responsive and be a good citizen when working with the Service Control Manager (SCM). The .NET implementation… Continue reading ServiceBase.OnStart Peculiarity