How to Debug a windows service and mutithreaded code

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hi Guys,

I have an application which is a windows service and it is a multithreaded application and it will load other dlls and exes. And this service will run in service manager.

My problem here is when i am trying to debug the application it is moving to the winmain application and one more written function i.e mymain() but when i am debugging it is moving in wimnain and main and some functions like service table and how to check other threads and how to verify whether other dlls are loaded or not?

Thanks a lot in advance.Awaiting for your reply guys.

Posted 12-Oct-14 4:37am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-10-12T06:35:00

Solution 1

This is more difficult than with other applications. You can find some ideas in my past answer: Configure Windows Service with UI[^].

—SA

Posted 12-Oct-14 6:35am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

barneyman · Answer 2 · 2014-10-12T17:07:00

Solution 2

add a messagebox in your servicemain, allow the service to interact with the desktop, have the messagebox advertise the pid with a call to GetCurrentProcessId[^], and attach the debugger to it

Posted 12-Oct-14 17:07pm

barneyman

NaibedyaKar · Answer 3 · 2014-10-13T23:10:00

Solution 3

Can you check this link. One of my colleague had written this few years back

http://www.mindfiresolutions.com/3-Ways-To-Debug-A-Web-Service-In-Visual-Studio-1006.php[^]

Posted 13-Oct-14 23:10pm

NaibedyaKar