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  • K Viltersten
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    Creating a service

    I see in the examples at MSDN that when a
    service is created, Main method is still
    there, as the code below shows. Why is it
    there?! I'd expect OnStart to be the only
    required entry point for a service.

    public static void Main() {
    System.ServiceP rocess.
    ServiceBase.Run (new UserService1()) ;}


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    • Pavel Minaev
      #2
      Re: Creating a service

      "K Viltersten" <tmp1@vilterste n.comwrote in message
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      >I see in the examples at MSDN that when a
      service is created, Main method is still
      there, as the code below shows. Why is it
      there?! I'd expect OnStart to be the only
      required entry point for a service.
      A service application is still a Windows .exe, and as such its entry point
      is Main. It actually becomes a service process only after it registers
      itself with the Service Control Manager, which is what ServiceBase.Run does.


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        • K Viltersten
          #3
          Re: Creating a service

          Got it, thanks.

          In that case, i wonder why i need to
          install the service. If the registration
          is done in Main, it seems superfluous to
          to that using installutil.exe as well.

          What do i miss?

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          "K Viltersten" <tmp1@vilterste n.comwrote in message
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          >>I see in the examples at MSDN that when a
          >service is created, Main method is still
          >there, as the code below shows. Why is it
          >there?! I'd expect OnStart to be the only
          >required entry point for a service.
          >
          A service application is still a Windows .exe, and as such its entry point
          is Main. It actually becomes a service process only after it registers
          itself with the Service Control Manager, which is what ServiceBase.Run
          does.
          >

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            • Pavel Minaev
              #4
              Re: Creating a service

              "K Viltersten" <tmp1@vilterste n.comwrote in message
              news:6i73k1Fp29 qlU1@mid.indivi dual.net...
              Got it, thanks.
              >
              In that case, i wonder why i need to
              install the service. If the registration
              is done in Main, it seems superfluous to
              to that using installutil.exe as well.
              >
              What do i miss?
              Registration of the specific running _process_ as a service is done in Main,
              not of the executable. You still need to register the executable for it to
              appear in the list of services.


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                • K Viltersten
                  #5
                  Re: Creating a service

                  >Got it, thanks.
                  >>
                  >In that case, i wonder why i need to
                  >install the service. If the registration
                  >is done in Main, it seems superfluous to
                  >to that using installutil.exe as well.
                  >>
                  >What do i miss?
                  >
                  Registration of the specific running _process_ as a service is done in
                  Main, not of the executable. You still need to register the executable for
                  it to appear in the list of services.
                  Got it, thanks!

                  Hey, how come my post went top-posted?!
                  It was unintentional, sorry...

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                  Konrad Viltersten
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                  chased by demons in Gehenna from one room
                  to another for all eternity and beyond.


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