how do you convert a console application to a windows service in C#

[codingZZ]

How do you convert a console application to a windows service.Any recommendations ? The following code is below

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
using System.Management;
using System.IO;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
public struct ParamHost 
        {
            public string MAC, hostname,IP;
 
            public ParamHost(string MAC, string hostname, string IP) 
              {
                this.MAC = MAC;
                this.hostname = hostname;
 
                this.IP = IP;
              }
        }
 
 
namespace NetworkCardConfig
{
    class Program
    {
 
 
 
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Open file MAC.TXT
            // read from file or write to file
            System.IO.FileStream myStream = new FileStream("C:\\MAC.txt", FileMode.Open);
 
            System.IO.StreamReader myStreamReader = new StreamReader(myStream);
 
            string fileContent = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd();
 
            myStreamReader.Close();
 
            string[] Lines = fileContent.Split('\n');
 
            String[] Field;
 
            ParamHost[] PH;
 
 
            PH = new ParamHost[Lines.Length]; // to do 
 
            int PH_Number = 0;
 
 
            foreach (string Line in Lines)
            {
 
                if (Line != "" && Line != "\r")
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("line :" + Line);
 
                    Field = Line.Split(';');
 
                    Console.WriteLine("MAC {0}; hostname{1}; IP: {2}", Field[0], Field[1], Field[2]);
 
                    PH[PH_Number].MAC = Field[0];
                    PH[PH_Number].hostname = Field[1];
                    PH[PH_Number].IP = Field[2];
 
/*
                    for (int i = 0; i < Field.Length; i++)
                    {
                    Console.WriteLine(Field[i]);
                    }*/
                    PH_Number++;
 
 
                    //foreach (String i in Field)
                    //{
 
                      //  Console.WriteLine(Field[i]);
 
 
                    //}
                    //PH_Number++;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                }
 
                // Console.WriteLine("{0}", fileContent);
 
                myStreamReader.Close();
 
                //Console.WriteLine(PH[0].MAC);
 
                ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
 
 
                ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
 
 
                string gw;
                string myIpString;
                char[] delim;
                string[] myIpArray;
                string myGateWayString;
 
 
 
                foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
                {
 
                    if (!(bool)objMO["ipEnabled"])
                        continue;
                    //Console.WriteLine(objMO["Caption"] + "," + objMO["ServiceName"] + "," + objMO["MACAddress"]);
 
                    string MAC_card = objMO["MACAddress"].ToString();
 
                    for (int index = 0; index < PH_Number; index++)
                    {
                        string MAC_File = PH[index].MAC.ToString();
 
                        //Console.WriteLine("jkjkjk :" + MAC_card + MAC_File);
 
                        if (MAC_card.Equals(MAC_File))
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("good card to configure ! ! " + MAC_File);
                            Console.WriteLine("hostname " + PH[index].hostname);
                            Console.WriteLine("IP " + PH[index].IP);
                            // Set nic parameters
                            // to do
 
                            //string gw = PH[index].IP;
 
 
                            gw = PH[index].IP;
 
                            //PH[index].IP = x.y.z.w -> gw= x.y.z.1
 
                            // to do   gw = .1
 
 
 
                            //assuming myLocalIP is the IPAddress object you are using from the IPAddress array you will have been playing with before...
                            myIpString = gw.ToString(); //to return nice "255.255.255.255" notation to work with
                            delim = new char[1]; //set the delimiter you want to split your IP string by - so '.'
                            delim[0] = '.'; //set the delimiter you want to split your IP string by - so '.'
                            myIpArray = myIpString.Split(delim); //actually split the IP up
                            myIpArray[3] = "1";
                            myGateWayString = myIpArray[0] + "." + myIpArray[1] + "." + myIpArray[2] + "." + myIpArray[3]; //to reconstruct your gateway string
                            //IPAddress myGatewayObject = IPAddress.Parse(myGateWayString); //To construct your gateway IPAddress object to work with!
 
 
 
                            //setParmIP(PH[index].hostname, PH[index].IP, "255.255.255.0", gw, "147.215.1.4", "147.215.1.20", "147.215.1.136");
 
 
 
 
                            setParmIP(PH[index].hostname, PH[index].IP, "255.255.255.0", gw , "147.215.1.4","147.215.1.20", "147.215.1.136");
 
 
 
 
                            Console.ReadKey();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
 
 
 
        // Configue NIC
 
        public static void setParmIP(string ComputerName, string IPAddress, string SubnetMask, string Gateway, string DNS_primary, string DNS_secondary, string WINS_Server)
        {
 
            ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass(
                "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
            ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
 
        foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
                {
 
                    if (!(bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
                        continue;
 
 
 
                    try
                    {
                        ManagementBaseObject objNewIP = null;
                        ManagementBaseObject objSetIP = null;
                        ManagementBaseObject objNewGate = null;
                        ManagementBaseObject objNewDNS = null;
                        ManagementBaseObject objNewWINS = null;
 
 
                        objNewIP = objMO.GetMethodParameters("EnableStatic");
                        objNewGate = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetGateways");
 
 
 
 
                        //Set DefaultGateway
                        objNewGate["DefaultIPGateway"] = new string[] { Gateway };
                        objNewGate["GatewayCostMetric"] = new int[] { 1 };
 
 
                        //Set IPAddress and Subnet Mask
                        objNewIP["IPAddress"] = new string[] { IPAddress };
 
                        objNewIP["SubnetMask"] = new string[] { SubnetMask };
 
                        objSetIP = objMO.InvokeMethod("EnableStatic", objNewIP, null);
                        objSetIP = objMO.InvokeMethod("SetGateways", objNewGate, null);
                        //Set DNS server
                        objNewDNS = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
                        objNewDNS["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = new string[] { DNS_primary, DNS_secondary };
                        objSetIP = objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objNewDNS, null);
 
                        //Set WINS server
                        objNewWINS = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetWINSServer");
                        //objNewWINS["WINSPrimaryServer"] = new string[] {WINS_Server}; // not working
                        objNewWINS.SetPropertyValue("WINSPrimaryServer", WINS_Server);
                        objNewWINS.SetPropertyValue("WINSSecondaryServer", "");
 
                        objSetIP = objMO.InvokeMethod("SetWINSServer", objNewWINS, null);
 
                        // Set hostname to do
                        string compName = System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.ComputerName.ToString();
                        WqlObjectQuery query = new WqlObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem");
                        ManagementObjectSearcher search = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
                        object[] name = { ComputerName };
                        foreach (ManagementObject mo in search.Get())
                        {
                            mo.InvokeMethod("Rename", name);
                        }
 
 
           Console.WriteLine(
                           "Updated IPAddress, SubnetMask , Default Gateway ,DNS, Wins and Hostname !");
 
 
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Unable to Set IP : " + ex.Message);
 
                        //read the ASCII value of the char typed and cast it to a char value
                        //   char ch = (char)Console.Read();
 
                        // read the ASCII value of the char typed
 
                        //           int asciiCode = Console.Read();
 
                        // read the input data until a return or new line is read
                        // this allows the user to type away until they press enter/return
                        // this method will return you information one line at a time... hence the name! :)
 
                    }
 
                }
            }
        }
    }
 

[ThatThatGuy]

Windows application is an entirely different concept....
so you'll need to just write processing statements with... no Console.WriteLi ne() or Consol.ReadLine () statements

Windows services have OnStart and OnStop methods...

[Curtis Rutland]

I would suggest starting a new project in Visual Studio. One of the project types is "Windows Service". Then copy/paste the relevant code, modifying it to properly work.

Rather than just a Main() entry point, the Windows Service has an event called OnStart(). This is what is called when the service is started.

Also, as ThatThatGuy has mentioned, there is no Console for Windows Services. If you want output, you will need to write to a file/Event Log/database.

[ThatThatGuy]

@codingZZ
Don't try to convert it to a Windows Service....

Instead create a new project.. (as recommended by insertAlias)...

http://en.csharp-online.net/Creating_a_.NET _Windows_Servic e

[codingZZ]

can someone teach me how to write a method or anything to according to the code as I can't get my program to work after browsing the web for examples.

[ThatThatGuy]

@codingZZ
i think gave you the link for the Web service tutorial and i think that's enough for a starter

http://en.csharp-online.net/Creating...indows_Service