Show form in Windows Service

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Hi,

I need to show my form with windows service. My form is a popup alert in that there is no user control. Its just a popup form for alert.

I need to start the alert when my service starts

Pls help.

Thankz in advance

Posted 25-May-11 23:31pm

krishnaspmoorthy

Updated 18-Apr-18 9:53am

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krishnaspmoorthy 26-May-11 6:27am

Sir,

My need is that from server admin assign tasks to clients.
According to each client, need to show a popup alert near the taskbar. I done the alert project. But have to push while system become ON. So i need to attach my application with service.

Can you help me.

Thankx

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Solution 2

See How to run Window Application through Window Service?[^]

Posted 25-May-11 23:50pm

Kim Togo

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-May-11 15:31pm

Misconception about Service, again. 5 for the answer.
--SA

Kim Togo 27-May-11 8:10am

Thanks SA

Solution 4

guys this is thread necromancy of the highest order, but this is simply NOT true. You can write yes /no messageboxes by collecting all available SessionID's of the users and dispatching using wtsapi32.dll via the STAThread

c# - .NET Windows Services (WTSSendMessage) : Displays message on XP but not Windows 7 - Stack Overflow[^]

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-25T23:53:00

Solution 3

You can't show a form from a Windows Service, and you can't run a GUI application from a Windows Service. The reason is that a service can be running while no user is logged in. What you *should* do is create a system tray application (configure it to run when a user logs in), and then you can have the app notify the service when it's available, allowing the service to push notifications to it.

I wrote an article that has a windows service communicating with a system tray app. It may or may not help you:

Synchronicity - A Folder Synchronizing Application[^]

Posted 25-May-11 23:53pm

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krishnaspmoorthy 26-May-11 6:14am

Sir,

My need is that from server admin assign tasks to clients.
According to each client, need to show a popup alert near the taskbar. I done the alert project. But have to push while system become ON. So i need to attach my application with service.

Can you help me.

Thankx

#realJSOP 26-May-11 7:29am

I've told you how to do it. Go forth and code.

krishnaspmoorthy 26-May-11 6:23am

Hi,

Can you tell any other way to show the popup with service.
NB: Popup have the data from the server

Thanx

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-May-11 15:31pm

Misconception about Service, again. 5 for the answer.
--SA