erorr Application service

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Hi,
i want create a application service but i have same problem. my application is a simple, send a mail when my pubblic ip address change.
so i use a cile while infinity but when i execute my service this show the error message ad service stay on "starting". While if i don't use a cile while this service works well.
below you see my function "OnStart".

Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVal args() As String)
EventLog.WriteEntry("MyIP is starting")
m_oPollingThread.Start()
Dim cont As Integer = 0
While true
mail("mail number " & cont)
Threading.Thread.Sleep(60000)
cont = cont + 1
End While

End Sub

i don't understand where i mistake

Posted 3-Mar-13 22:29pm

gianLuca1978

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Bernhard Hiller · Answer 1 · 2013-03-03T22:54:00

When your service is started, the OnStart method is called. After it has returned, the service is marked as started. But your method will never return - it will be executed eternally (OK, before that cont will be bigger than Int32.MaxValue, but that's still very long away). Consequently, from the service manager's point of view, your service hangs while starting.
How to resolve that? Put that While block into a different thread.