Configuring WindowsService thru SystemTray.. Urgent help

[Sylesh Nair]

hi ,

I have a System tray application which configures a Windows Service through
it (Both written in C#). I have the service polling to a database table
every 30 seconds , the time interval is hard coded into the Service code .
What I need is to configure the time interval thru the SystemTray
application .
Please advice me on How to do it ?.

Thanks
Sylesh

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Sylesh,

It's just a matter of communicating with the service using the
application you already have. Whatever mechanism you are using, extend it
to send a message or call a method that will set this property. When the
service receives the message/call, it should stop the timer, set the new
interval, and restart.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Sylesh Nair" <sy*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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hi ,

I have a System tray application which configures a Windows Service through it (Both written in C#). I have the service polling to a database table
every 30 seconds , the time interval is hard coded into the Service code .
What I need is to configure the time interval thru the SystemTray
application .
Please advice me on How to do it ?.

Thanks
Sylesh

[FG]

As Nicholas proposed, I thought about a trivial (but maybe not so useful)
example of a communication between those 2 application.
It could be through a configuration file in which the SysTray application
should write a new value for an existing setting. The service will read from
time to time the value and restart the timer with the new value for
"interval".

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in
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Sylesh,

It's just a matter of communicating with the service using the
application you already have. Whatever mechanism you are using, extend it
to send a message or call a method that will set this property. When the
service receives the message/call, it should stop the timer, set the new
interval, and restart.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Sylesh Nair" <sy*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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hi ,

I have a System tray application which configures a Windows Service

through

it (Both written in C#). I have the service polling to a database table
every 30 seconds , the time interval is hard coded into the Service code .. What I need is to configure the time interval thru the SystemTray
application .
Please advice me on How to do it ?.

Thanks
Sylesh

[Sylesh Nair]

Hi Nicholas &FG,
thanks a lot for the reply ..
but how do i write to a configuration file , that's meant to be read-only .
I used the IsolatedFileStorage class in C# but that does not work on runtime
..
sylesh
"FG" <ca*******@hotmail.comu> wrote in message
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As Nicholas proposed, I thought about a trivial (but maybe not so useful)
example of a communication between those 2 application.
It could be through a configuration file in which the SysTray application
should write a new value for an existing setting. The service will read from time to time the value and restart the timer with the new value for
"interval".

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote in message news:O%****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Sylesh,

It's just a matter of communicating with the service using the
application you already have. Whatever mechanism you are using, extend it

to send a message or call a method that will set this property. When the service receives the message/call, it should stop the timer, set the new
interval, and restart.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Sylesh Nair" <sy*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ec**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

hi ,

I have a System tray application which configures a Windows Service through

it (Both written in C#). I have the service polling to a database table every 30 seconds , the time interval is hard coded into the Service

code . What I need is to configure the time interval thru the SystemTray
application .
Please advice me on How to do it ?.

Thanks
Sylesh

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Sylesh,

I don't think that the file is a good idea, as you would have to use
some sort of polling/notification mechanism. Personally, I think that you
should host a remoted object in the service, and then have the tray app
connect to the remoted object and perform the communication through there.

--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Sylesh Nair" <sy*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Nicholas &FG,
thanks a lot for the reply ..
but how do i write to a configuration file , that's meant to be read-only .. I used the IsolatedFileStorage class in C# but that does not work on runtime .
sylesh
"FG" <ca*******@hotmail.comu> wrote in message
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As Nicholas proposed, I thought about a trivial (but maybe not so useful)

example of a communication between those 2 application.
It could be through a configuration file in which the SysTray application should write a new value for an existing setting. The service will read from

time to time the value and restart the timer with the new value for
"interval".

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" <mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com> wrote

in

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Sylesh,

It's just a matter of communicating with the service using the
application you already have. Whatever mechanism you are using, extend it to send a message or call a method that will set this property. When the service receives the message/call, it should stop the timer, set the

new interval, and restart.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

"Sylesh Nair" <sy*************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> hi ,
>
> I have a System tray application which configures a Windows Service
through
> it (Both written in C#). I have the service polling to a database

table > every 30 seconds , the time interval is hard coded into the Service

code

.

> What I need is to configure the time interval thru the SystemTray
> application .
> Please advice me on How to do it ?.
>
> Thanks
> Sylesh
>
>