Windows Services in .NET: ASP Alliance

Print Add To Favorites Email To Friend Rate This Article
Windows Services in .NET

page 7 of 10

by Kavitha Pradeep
Feedback

Average Rating: This article has not yet been rated.
Views (Total / Last 10 Days): 44660/ 106

Article Contents:

Installing Windows Services

Once the steps needed to build the service is over, it should be installed. Following are the steps to do it.

1. Save the project.

2. Build the service’s executable file. Build | Build menu item.

3. Open the Visual Studio .NET Command Prompt item from the start menu. It will be installed as a subitem of the Visual Studio .NET Tools item. This shortcut sets all the path necessary before going to the DOS prompt. Change the folder to the location where the executable is located. It will be found in the bin folder within the folder where the project is stored.

4. Install the service. This can be done by using the InstallUtil tool that comes with the Visual Studio. Use the following command line:

InstallUtil Service1.exe

5. Start the service. This can be done by running the Windows Service Manager. In the services list, the service now installed will be listed as Service1. Right click and start the service.

6. Now, any Startup events can be viewed by opening the Event Viewer. Select the Application log, and any entries send to the log can be seen there.

« (Page 6)

View Entire Article

(Page 8) »

User Comments

Title: Windows Services
Name: S.B.krishna Reddy
Date: 2010-12-31 4:29:52 AM
Comment:
The images u have presented in the web page are not proper and not showing the clear view

Title: Windows Service in .NET 2
Name: sbanik
Date: 2009-10-14 6:24:58 AM
Comment:
\

Title: Windows Services in .NET
Name: Nanthakumar
Date: 2008-10-16 6:53:15 AM
Comment:
Hi

This is Very Useful my project..

thanks

Title: Extremely helpful, even after 4 yrs~
Name: Rajeev
Date: 2008-06-12 4:40:13 AM
Comment:
Thanks a lot for this article. It's been 4 yrs since it was authored, but yet it is so useful for beginners.

Thanks a ton.

Title: Learned Windows services
Name: Debasmit Samal
Date: 2008-01-23 1:16:47 AM
Comment:
Hi

Thanks a lot and lot for the article.
Really i got basic concepts for the windows services.

Thanks again for such a nice article.

Title: Windows Service
Name: Rohini S
Date: 2008-01-22 3:28:06 AM
Comment:
It is an excellent tutorial. It covers basics of Windows service. It is a good for beginners

Title: Crystal report autogeneration using windows services
Name: Rajesh m
Date: 2007-08-09 9:03:43 AM
Comment:
Hi All,
I developed windows service which will daily at 12:00pm generate crystalreports and mail is sent to the mail with crystal report attached. Here my problem is it works fine in my system..but when i put in testing server it is not working...

Title: windows service
Name: pawar megha p.
Date: 2007-05-03 5:00:26 AM
Comment:
Hellow!
very good article for windows services.i have problem for writting the Installutil.exe in command propmt of vs.it gives no file found,so what may be the problem?

thanks..

Title: Windows Service
Name: M.Mansoor AliKhan
Date: 2006-11-13 2:32:37 AM
Comment:
This is really a knowledge providing article.

Thanks ..

Title: Running Windows Service from Web Service
Name: Shantanu Karmakar
Date: 2006-08-18 6:19:41 AM
Comment:
Hi,
I'm having a problem to start and stop a windows service from my web service. It's giving an exception InvalidIOException - Couldn't strat service. Can any one help in this regard? I think the problem is with the security.

Title: How do we programmatically configure a Windows Service to interact with the desktop?
Name: Shashi Kumar
Date: 2006-07-29 9:15:19 AM
Comment:
Hello,
Can u please let me know how do I make the windows service interact with the desktop since the windows service has to invoke a windows application upon its successful start?
Please let me know where exactly a property called "AllowServiceToInteractWithDesktop" exists and how do I use it?

I have been struck for quite sometime now... and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Feel free to mail me at shashi.satya@gmail.com

Thanks in advance.

Title: Webservice
Name: Mahendra
Date: 2006-07-19 1:58:51 AM
Comment:
this is really a knowledge providing article.
thanks

Title: User Interface
Name: Uli
Date: 2006-06-20 8:14:30 PM
Comment:
"Although it’s possible, Windows Service typically has no user interface."

Hi, great article, how can I find more information about creating a windows service with windows interface, so far everytime that my windows service timer goes off and executes some code, all the functionality will work as needed but because it won't show the form that I developed (This is actually my biggest problem), it will limit my application's functionality.

Any ideas???

If you guys have something please let me know: ulisesr@mvrmc.org

THANKS!

Title: windows services
Name: shan
Date: 2006-05-08 10:45:38 AM
Comment:
hi
this explaination is good but is this possible to install the windows services without the use of installutl i mean calling just the function install() , i tried it but its giving "no object reference " problem i think the problem is with the hashtable may be its not having the proper context?
i need ur help

Title: Windows Service Behaviour
Name: Deepak
Date: 2006-04-27 7:28:58 AM
Comment:
Hello, I have problem with Windows Service that I have created in VB.Net its behaviour is really strange i.e.Sometimes after Istallation and Start it runs but sometimes it just stucks somewhere.Then again this service needs to be re-installed(not just restart) then it runs perfectly very well.
This service does some Asynchronous task using delegates.
I could not understood this behaviour,let me know how can I understand it or what could be reasons.

--Deepak.

Title: windows services
Name: shravan
Date: 2006-04-03 4:24:51 AM
Comment:
this is ok
now whether this is possible to install this service without installutil.exe i mean just adding entries in the registry by urself
well i am a newbie