Windows Service /Thread Conundrum

Tim Smith

I have an application for which the main thread apartment threading
must be static. This is since it calls a DLL which if I switch to
MTAThread it is very slow, and cannot run in a thread as static.

Now I want to change my console app to be a windows service and when
the service starts, it is always in a 'STARTING' mode. This is
primarily due to the eternal while loop. the while loop has of course
lots of sleeping in it.

Is there any way I can have my static thread program be executed, and
somehow communicate that yes, it has started?

thanks

Tim

Nov 16 '05 #1

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Communicate with whom or what?

If you are just looking for a way to tell it started, then have it
write to the windows app log. I usually use a registry setting to
turn this behavior on or off for testing purposees. Once its all
good, I turn it off.

I'm not sure about this eternal loop causing it to be in STARTING
mode. It seems like it should start its thread and return the proper
status irrespective of whether or not you have a loop in there.

On 29 Aug 2004 15:29:33 -0700, ti*******@hotma il.com (Tim Smith)
wrote:

I have an application for which the main thread apartment threading
must be static. This is since it calls a DLL which if I switch to
MTAThread it is very slow, and cannot run in a thread as static.

Now I want to change my console app to be a windows service and when
the service starts, it is always in a 'STARTING' mode. This is
primarily due to the eternal while loop. the while loop has of course
lots of sleeping in it.

Is there any way I can have my static thread program be executed, and
somehow communicate that yes, it has started?

thanks

Tim

Nov 16 '05 #2

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