Windows Services

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I have a medical app that I have written with a rich user interface. A
section of the code in it does some mundane processing such as printing,
billing, faxing etc. The machine that is supposed to execute this code is
identified by it's name in a configuration table. When the app starts - it
looks at that table - compares it's name and starts executing this code (on
a timer)

This has been working great - but I know I need to turn it into a window's
service because the Admin is getting sick of logging into a terminal
session - starting the app etc. every time he reboots the system.

What is great about the current set up is that I don't have to maintain two
sets of code. Is there a way I can configure my desktop app to run as a
service if I want it to?

Thanks,

David

[Kevin Spencer]

Re: Windows Services

Hi David,
[color=blue]
> Is there a way I can configure my desktop app to run as a service if I
> want it to?[/color]

There sure is. It won't be as easy now if it would have been if it was
correctly designed in the first place, but in the future you will be able to
host your app in any type of user interface or API.

The solution is to separate the business programming logic from the
interface logic. In other words, the actual work that your current app does
should be encapsulated in a set of business classes that provide an API for
your various types of interfaces to get at.

Good OOP application design dictates that the interface should take care of
itself, and the business "layer" should take care of itself. In essence, the
interface is a "client" to the business layer, which has no interface other
than an API.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
A brute awe as you,
a Metallic hag entity, eat us.


<drchips@nospam .nospam> wrote in message
news:Od8I4WXOGH A.3924@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I have a medical app that I have written with a rich user interface. A
>section of the code in it does some mundane processing such as printing,
>billing, faxing etc. The machine that is supposed to execute this code is
>identified by it's name in a configuration table. When the app starts - it
>looks at that table - compares it's name and starts executing this code (on
>a timer)
>
> This has been working great - but I know I need to turn it into a window's
> service because the Admin is getting sick of logging into a terminal
> session - starting the app etc. every time he reboots the system.
>
> What is great about the current set up is that I don't have to maintain
> two sets of code. Is there a way I can configure my desktop app to run as
> a service if I want it to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>[/color]

[Mark]

Re: Windows Services

You could write a service easily in .NET. Look into using a scheduled task,
that may be a lot easier.

Cheers,
Mark

"Kevin Spencer" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi David,
>[color=green]
> > Is there a way I can configure my desktop app to run as a service if I
> > want it to?[/color]
>
> There sure is. It won't be as easy now if it would have been if it was
> correctly designed in the first place, but in the future you will be able to
> host your app in any type of user interface or API.
>
> The solution is to separate the business programming logic from the
> interface logic. In other words, the actual work that your current app does
> should be encapsulated in a set of business classes that provide an API for
> your various types of interfaces to get at.
>
> Good OOP application design dictates that the interface should take care of
> itself, and the business "layer" should take care of itself. In essence, the
> interface is a "client" to the business layer, which has no interface other
> than an API.
>
> --
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> ..Net Developer
> A brute awe as you,
> a Metallic hag entity, eat us.
>
>
> <drchips@nospam .nospam> wrote in message
> news:Od8I4WXOGH A.3924@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> >I have a medical app that I have written with a rich user interface. A
> >section of the code in it does some mundane processing such as printing,
> >billing, faxing etc. The machine that is supposed to execute this code is
> >identified by it's name in a configuration table. When the app starts - it
> >looks at that table - compares it's name and starts executing this code (on
> >a timer)
> >
> > This has been working great - but I know I need to turn it into a window's
> > service because the Admin is getting sick of logging into a terminal
> > session - starting the app etc. every time he reboots the system.
> >
> > What is great about the current set up is that I don't have to maintain
> > two sets of code. Is there a way I can configure my desktop app to run as
> > a service if I want it to?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >[/color]
>
>
>[/color]

[TerryFei]

RE: Windows Services

Hi,

I hope the following article is also helpful for you:
Title: Simple Windows Service Sample
URL: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/si...owsservice.asp

Best Regards,

Terry Fei [MSFT]
Microsoft Community Support
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>I have a medical app that I have written with a rich user interface. A
>section of the code in it does some mundane processing such as printing,
>billing, faxing etc. The machine that is supposed to execute this code is
>identified by it's name in a configuration table. When the app starts -[/color]
it[color=blue]
>looks at that table - compares it's name and starts executing this code[/color]
(on[color=blue]
>a timer)
>
>This has been working great - but I know I need to turn it into a window's
>service because the Admin is getting sick of logging into a terminal
>session - starting the app etc. every time he reboots the system.
>
>What is great about the current set up is that I don't have to maintain[/color]
two[color=blue]
>sets of code. Is there a way I can configure my desktop app to run as a
>service if I want it to?
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
>
>
>
>[/color]