Self installing .NET service using the Win32 API

DavidHoyt

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Sometimes the service classes provided by Visual Studio don't give you the control you need, so why not build your own? And while you're at it, why not make it self-installing? The base class provided gives you full control of the Win32 Services API from a convenient base class and attribute.

hoytsoft_serviceprocess_src.zip
- Example
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - bin
    - Debug
      - HoytSoft.ServiceProcess.dll
    - Release
  - ExampleService.cs
  - HoytSoft.Example.csproj
  - HoytSoft.Example.csproj.user
- HoytSoft.sln
- Service Base
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - Attributes
    - ServiceAttribute.cs
  - bin
    - Debug
    - Release
  - HoytSoft.ServiceProcess.csproj
  - HoytSoft.ServiceProcess.csproj.user
  - HoytSoft.snk
  - ServiceBase.cs
  - ServicesAPI.cs
hoytsoft_servicebase_src.zip
- AssemblyInfo.cs
- Attributes
  - ServiceAttribute.cs
- Base
  - ServiceBase.cs
  - ServicesAPI.cs
- bin
  - Debug
    - HoytSoft.Service.exe
- HoytSoft.ServiceBase.csproj
- HoytSoft.ServiceBase.csproj.user
- HoytSoft.sln
- obj
  - Debug
    - SmartClicks.Service.dll
    - SmartClicks.Service.exe
    - temp
    - TempPE
- Test Service.cs

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "HoytSoft.ServiceBase", "HoytSoft.ServiceBase.csproj", "{7818CC36-4D2E-4F20-AC36-1818D5CADF50}"
	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
	EndProjectSection
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
		Debug = Debug
		Release = Release
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
		{7818CC36-4D2E-4F20-AC36-1818D5CADF50}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|.NET
		{7818CC36-4D2E-4F20-AC36-1818D5CADF50}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|.NET
		{7818CC36-4D2E-4F20-AC36-1818D5CADF50}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|.NET
		{7818CC36-4D2E-4F20-AC36-1818D5CADF50}.Release.Build.0 = Release|.NET
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
		XCSharpSolutionEnabled = True
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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DavidHoyt

Software Developer (Senior) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

United States

I'm a recent graduate of Brigham Young University in Provo, UT and now working for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL). I've been programming since I was 14 and did the amazing Hoyt family website with an animated gif of a spinning globe. I've come a long way since then and now actually use pictures of people.

I've been interested in website development and Windows programming since and I haven't stopped except for two years spent in El Salvador as a religious representative for my church.

I've done lots of work with C#/C/C++/Java/Python/JavaScript/Scheme/T-SQL/PL-SQL/Visual Basic/etc., web services, windows apps, services, and web apps. It's been a lot of fun!

Self installing .NET service using the Win32 API

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