Cannot invoke worker thread in windows service

Vikram <vi************ @netdecisions.c om> wrote:

How can we get threading to work in a windows service?

Threading works in a Windows Service just as it does anywhere else - for
example the following (which is just the service template with a thread
added) works as expected:

using System;
using System.Collecti ons;
using System.Componen tModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnost ics;
using System.ServiceP rocess;
using System.IO;
using System.Threadin g;

namespace WindowsService1
{
public class Service1 : System.ServiceP rocess.ServiceB ase
{

private System.Componen tModel.Containe r components = null;

public Service1()
{

InitializeCompo nent();

}
static void Main()
{
System.ServiceP rocess.ServiceB ase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new System.ServiceP rocess.ServiceB ase[] { new
Service1() };

System.ServiceP rocess.ServiceB ase.Run(Service sToRun);
}
private void InitializeCompo nent()
{
components = new System.Componen tModel.Containe r();
this.ServiceNam e = "Service1";
}

protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if( disposing )
{
if (components != null)
{
components.Disp ose();
}
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
Thread th = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Thr eadThing));
th.Start();
}

private void ThreadThing()
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(@" C:\test.out");
sw.WriteLine("T hat worked!");
sw.Flush();
}
protected override void OnStop()
{

}
}
}

But more complicated examples are fine too, it might be possible that
the thread is running but it is not doing what it is supposed to be due
to permissions or something else. You probably want to add some code in
the thread method that makes some diagnostic output to either a file or
the event log or something.

/J\