windows service to lunch windows application

[ssc]

Hi friends,

I wrote a Windows Form App "X" using #C.Net. This App "X" is installed
in a Windows XP machine. Now I want to run this App "X" without the
user having to log into the Windows XP machine. I think of a solution
which is that I write a new auto-start windows service to run the app
"X". will it work? Pls give me some advice coz I'm new to .NET. Thanks.
^_^

Cheers,
Sam

[Nick Malik [Microsoft]]

Re: windows service to lunch windows application

as long as your app is a console application that requires no input and no
output, why not just add service code directly to your app, making it into a
service?

You don't want a service to call an app that has a U/I when no one is logged
in, since there is no U/I available to show the elements on. Your app will
not load in that situation.

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I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
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"ssc" <yiuchan@gmail. com> wrote in message
news:1123739511 .362447.234900@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hi friends,
>
> I wrote a Windows Form App "X" using #C.Net. This App "X" is installed
> in a Windows XP machine. Now I want to run this App "X" without the
> user having to log into the Windows XP machine. I think of a solution
> which is that I write a new auto-start windows service to run the app
> "X". will it work? Pls give me some advice coz I'm new to .NET. Thanks.
> ^_^
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>[/color]

[ssc]

Re: windows service to lunch windows application

Sorry Nick that I missed 1 point. I purchased a 3rd party .net
component which is a control for form app only. The app "X" has no UI
though. So I can only build the form app for my purposes and want to
run it as services.

Cheers,
Sam

Nick Malik [Microsoft] wrote:[color=blue]
> as long as your app is a console application that requires no input and no
> output, why not just add service code directly to your app, making it into a
> service?
>
> You don't want a service to call an app that has a U/I when no one is logged
> in, since there is no U/I available to show the elements on. Your app will
> not load in that situation.
>
> --
> --- Nick Malik [Microsoft]
> MCSD, CFPS, Certified Scrummaster
> http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik
>
> Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this forum are my own, and not
> representative of my employer.
> I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
> programmer helping programmers.
> --
> "ssc" <yiuchan@gmail. com> wrote in message
> news:1123739511 .362447.234900@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
> > Hi friends,
> >
> > I wrote a Windows Form App "X" using #C.Net. This App "X" is installed
> > in a Windows XP machine. Now I want to run this App "X" without the
> > user having to log into the Windows XP machine. I think of a solution
> > which is that I write a new auto-start windows service to run the app
> > "X". will it work? Pls give me some advice coz I'm new to .NET. Thanks.
> > ^_^
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sam
> >[/color][/color]

[ssc]

Re: windows service to lunch windows application

By the way, I found a tool called Srvany.exe: Applications as Services
Utility in Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools.
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...isplaylang=en).
have you tried this? any comments? thx.

Cheers,
Sam