Forms & Service

[Christoph Duesmann]

Hi !

How can I add WindowsForms and Notifyicons to my Service ?

Thanks !

Christoph

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

Re: Forms & Service

Add a reference to the System.Windows. Forms dll, and then use the imports
System.Windows. Forms

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"Christoph Duesmann" <c.duesmann@web .de> wrote in message
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> Hi !
>
> How can I add WindowsForms and Notifyicons to my Service ?
>
> Thanks !
>
> Christoph
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

* "Christoph Duesmann" <c.duesmann@web .de> scripsit:[color=blue]
> How can I add WindowsForms and Notifyicons to my Service ?[/color]

Don't do that. Instead, create a separate Windows Forms application
that communicates with the service using remoting or sockets. That's
the recommended way.

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[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

Why cant you do it this way ?

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "Christoph Duesmann" <c.duesmann@web .de> scripsit:[color=green]
> > How can I add WindowsForms and Notifyicons to my Service ?[/color]
>
> Don't do that. Instead, create a separate Windows Forms application
> that communicates with the service using remoting or sockets. That's
> the recommended way.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

* "One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)" <news.microsoft .com> scripsit:[color=blue]
> Why cant you do it this way ?[/color]

You would have to allow user interaction for the service, and this may
cause some problems... Most services like SQL Server, Apache, ... do it
the same way, the service and the service controller applications are
separate applications. If the service controller application crashes,
the service still runs.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

Thats still not answering my question. You made a statement that this is not
a good idea to do this, please just simply tell my why not, ( Not that other
people dont do it this way )

Thanks

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)" <news.microsoft .com> scripsit:[color=green]
> > Why cant you do it this way ?[/color]
>
> You would have to allow user interaction for the service, and this may
> cause some problems... Most services like SQL Server, Apache, ... do it
> the same way, the service and the service controller applications are
> separate applications. If the service controller application crashes,
> the service still runs.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

* "One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)" <news.microsoft .com> scripsit:[color=blue]
> Thats still not answering my question. You made a statement that this is not
> a good idea to do this, please just simply tell my why not, ( Not that other
> people dont do it this way )[/color]

Re-read my post, I gave at least one reason there.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

Terry,

In my opinion is Herfried in this right, in his answer and the explanation
he told.

Cor

[Lucas Tam]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

"Christoph Duesmann" <c.duesmann@web .de> wrote in news:ueHNkw5cEH A.4004
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>
> How can I add WindowsForms and Notifyicons to my Service ?[/color]

You don't.

You should create a new windows form apps which edits the parameters of
your service.

You may want to look into remoting to communicate between the two pieces of
software.

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[One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)]

Re: Forms &amp; Service

This is speculation, not a real scientific reason.

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> * "One Handed Man \( OHM - Terry Burns \)" <news.microsoft .com> scripsit:[color=green]
> > Thats still not answering my question. You made a statement that this is[/color][/color]
not[color=blue][color=green]
> > a good idea to do this, please just simply tell my why not, ( Not that[/color][/color]
other[color=blue][color=green]
> > people dont do it this way )[/color]
>
> Re-read my post, I gave at least one reason there.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>[/color]