Windows Service Install

[Vincent Finn]

Hi,

Is there a way of getting a C# windows service to install itself?

By this I mean the way C++ ones did

MyService.exe -service

Having to use the InstallUtil.exe will make installation programs a
bit more awkward (I know you can package it but that seems messy)

Vin

[Klaus H. Probst]

Sure. You just have to write the code to do it. Services written in C++
never installed themselves magically; you had to take parameters in the
command line and muck with the service controller.

It should be much easier in C# though.
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"Vincent Finn" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hi,

Is there a way of getting a C# windows service to install itself?

By this I mean the way C++ ones did

MyService.exe -service

Having to use the InstallUtil.exe will make installation programs a
bit more awkward (I know you can package it but that seems messy)

Vin

[Vincent Finn]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:31:41 -0700, "Klaus H. Probst"
<us*******@vbbo x.com> wrote:

Sure. You just have to write the code to do it. Services written in C++
never installed themselves magically; you had to take parameters in the
command line and muck with the service controller.

It should be much easier in C# though.

That's the part I was wondering about

Is there a way to invoke the installer
I tried
ProjectInstalle r pi = new ProjectInstalle r();
Hashtable stateSaver = new Hashtable();
pi.Install(stat eSaver);

but that throw an exception
the serviceProcessI nstaller suceedes but the seviceInstaller fails
with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Vin

[Vincent Finn]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:31:41 -0700, "Klaus H. Probst"
<us*******@vbbo x.com> wrote:

Sure. You just have to write the code to do it. Services written in C++
never installed themselves magically; you had to take parameters in the
command line and muck with the service controller.

It should be much easier in C# though.

That's the part I was wondering about

Is there a way to invoke the installer
I tried
ProjectInstalle r pi = new ProjectInstalle r();
Hashtable stateSaver = new Hashtable();
pi.Install(stat eSaver);

but that throw an exception
the serviceProcessI nstaller suceedes but the seviceInstaller fails
with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Vin

[Vincent Finn]

Got the solution (by created a managed C++ service and seeing what the
wizard gave me) so here it is in case anyone else is reading the
thread

string sExe = typeof(RAPIDHou seKeeper).Assem bly.Location;
string sInstallUtil = typeof(object). Assembly.Locati on;
sInstallUtil = sInstallUtil.Su bstring(0,
sInstallUtil.La stIndexOf(@"\") );
sInstallUtil += @"\InstallUtil. exe";

AppDomain dom = AppDomain.Creat eDomain("execDo m");
string[] asArgs = new string[1] {sExe};
dom.ExecuteAsse mbly(sInstallUt il, null, asArgs);

Vin

[scarred wind]

may i know where you coded it? is it inside the ProjectInstalle r.cs file
or is it under the Service.cs file itself?

thanks

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