I have created a Windows service with using that service. How will I call a Windows application?
Windows services and Windows applications are completely different programs. Windows services are automatically started when the computer boots, have no user interface and have different security context than logged in user. You can't simply convert a Windows application to a Windows service (and expect it to run smoothly). If you want your program to always run (24/7) with no user interface then you can look into Windows services.
More on Windows services: "Windows Service vs Windows Application - Best Practice" and "Windows Service Applications".
You have to pick a Windows service from the project type in Visual Studio.
If you meant how can you host an application as a Windows service, the only way to do this is to create a new project of type Windows Service and use the Process class.
You can then create an install class and then use installutil or alternatively, use sc from the command line to install it.
Hey, you can easily run ANY application as Windows service with this utility - Application As Service by Eltima
Related
I'm trying to create a UWP app for our tools, one of its functionality is to manage tfs outside visual studio using tf.exe console commands and other things, i noticed that UWP is sandboxed and only has limited access outside its deployment folder so im planning to use a windows service to be the one who will be doing all the heavy work and using NamedPipes to communicate between UWP and Windows Service, been searching a bit already but until now im still not able to establish connection between this 2 app
I'm using console as a sample and starting it from UWP using FullTrustProcessLuncher
I uploaded a sample project in github
https://github.com/vgdagpin/UWP2WindowsService
Any help would be appreciated
I don't know much about named pipes so I can't tell if that is correct. But generally, UWP apps use APP services to communicate with desktop apps because the app service is native UWP.
I'd suggest you take a look at #Stefan Wick's Blog - UWP with Desktop Extension Part 1,2,3. You could search for them in your browser. These tutorials show the way how to package desktop apps with UWP apps using Windows Application Packaging Project and how to establish communication between the UWP app and the console app using App service which should be what exactly you want. After you launched the console app from the UWP app, you could let the console app call the windows service to do what you need.
I have a wpf desktop application (ERP) system
Application is using setup and deployment to create the .exe file
Now, i want to create a window service for my application to do some background check ups , synchronizations with my database etc.
I know how to create a service in.net and how manually to install it following the examples online.
My question is how i can install (or include let's say) this service within my .exe setup.
I don't want the user to be responsible to install the service.
Neither me to login every time someone pc to install the service
Not sure if i misunderstood the purpose of service but i found nothing online related to my question.
You can use Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects and include your service/main project at the same time
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioClient.MicrosoftVisualStudio2017InstallerProjects
I'm building a desktop application in WPF that installs a Windows Service (that I'm also building) on first start.
I'd like to be able to build and distribute a windows store application out of this.
Building the package seems to work, but when the application tries to install the service, it fails because such an operation needs elevated privileges.
I know that windows store applications run in isolated environment but I really hope that for desktop application (not UWP) there's a way to tweak the appxmanifest to grant such operation.
Any help/advice is welcome !
I have been building a windows application. this application contains a windows service which performs certain action when the service is started, for example some FileIO operation.
Now this application needs to be deployed on the server. The server, obviously won't have visual studio in it. So how can i install that windows service there along with the application.
NOTE :- application is installed, just need to know how can i install the windows service.
Thanks in advance.
I currently have a VS Solution with 2 projects: a WPF application and a Windows Service.
Now, I have managed to get ClickOnce working in installing my WPF application, but I also want a Windows Service to be installed (the one in the project) during this installation.
I have found ways how to programmatically start a windows service with C# code, but is there any way to incorporate this in my ClickOnce installation (because I need ClickOnce's benefit of automatic updates and such)?
I don't think you can deploy a windows service via ClickOnce in a normal fashion.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/1bb64760-9622-4ca6-a1a6-3ce53e641f21
ClickOnce deploy a Windows Service?
Please check DDay Update library it might give you ClickOnce stuff for updates, but first install you've got to do using another too.
Can you execute a process during the ClickOnce install? You might be able to write the service using Topshelf and then execute MyService.exe /install from ClickOnce.