windows service path

[Vikas Kumar]

I have created a windows service
that service downloads updated database after regular intervals
till now i am setting path in app.config where it will download database and
will use it from that location
i want it to dynamically take path of folder where that service will get
installed
i don't have any idea abt remoting
so pls help me by telling something more exact abt this

[Ankit Aneja]

Re: windows service path

You might want to look at Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( ) and work out
where the assembly is, so you can make a path relative to that. (You
can find the path using
Assembly.GetMod ule(), then Module.FullyQua lifiedName.)

"Vikas Kumar" <efextra@newsgr oups.nospamwrot e in message
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>I have created a windows service
that service downloads updated database after regular intervals
till now i am setting path in app.config where it will download database
and will use it from that location
i want it to dynamically take path of folder where that service will get
installed
i don't have any idea abt remoting
so pls help me by telling something more exact abt this
>

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Re: windows service path

Hello Vikas,

Do you think Ankit's suggestion on using the
Assembly.GetExe cutingAssembly( ) to get the executing assembly(it is the
windows service's exe image for your windows service case) and use its
"Location" or "CodeBase" property to get the physical path information.

BTW, if the path you want to use is fixed after you installed the windows
service(its assembiles) on the target machine, you can also consider create
a setup program for the windows service and get the installed location of
the application(in programfiles folder...) and write it in your servcie
application's app.config file. Do you think this also workable?

Please feel free to post here if you have any further question on this.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Re: windows service path

Hi Vikas,

Have you got any progress on this issue or does the information in our
previous reply helps some? If there is anything else we can help, please
feel free to post here.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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