creating a process

[Marco Martin]

Good Morning Group,

I've created an app that "runs in the background "(the window state is
minimized, the showintaskbar is false, and it displays a notify Icon.).
This program will be running on a server and will be doing scheduled
maintenance on a database. What I'm wondering is, would this be better as a
process instead of an app? Since it will be running on a server and writing
to a log file, permissions could be an issue. I was told that a process
would be better suited. I've never coded for a "process" before. Is there
anything special I should know about creating a process? Would there be
major changes to my code if I pasted it inside a "Windows Project"?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Olav Kadzinsky]

Maybe they meant "Service"? Like web servers can run as a service. You
want to create a service?

Marco Martin wrote:

Good Morning Group,

I've created an app that "runs in the background "(the window state is
minimized, the showintaskbar is false, and it displays a notify Icon.).
This program will be running on a server and will be doing scheduled
maintenance on a database. What I'm wondering is, would this be better as a
process instead of an app? Since it will be running on a server and writing
to a log file, permissions could be an issue. I was told that a process
would be better suited. I've never coded for a "process" before. Is there
anything special I should know about creating a process? Would there be
major changes to my code if I pasted it inside a "Windows Project"?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

Marco,
Functionality such as you describe is best wrapped up into a .NET Windows
Service. The Framework SDK and Visual Studio.NET help collection have
excellent examples of how to code these.
While debugging can be a little more difficult than a Winforms app running
as a NotifyIcon, it's generally well worth the extra effort to learn how to
do it.
VS.NET has a special project type, "Windows Service" that gives you all the
infrastructure to get started, all pre-written.
Peter

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
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Good Morning Group,

I've created an app that "runs in the background "(the window state is
minimized, the showintaskbar is false, and it displays a notify Icon.).
This program will be running on a server and will be doing scheduled
maintenance on a database. What I'm wondering is, would this be better as a process instead of an app? Since it will be running on a server and writing to a log file, permissions could be an issue. I was told that a process
would be better suited. I've never coded for a "process" before. Is there anything special I should know about creating a process? Would there be
major changes to my code if I pasted it inside a "Windows Project"?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco

[Marco Martin]

Yes, Service is what I meant. Thanks for the reply. I have a quick (newbie
type) question. Opening Task Manager, I can view Applications and
Processes. Some of the processes are actualy Apps. How does windows make
the difference? For example, svchost.exe is a process and not an app. ..

Marco
"Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]" <pb*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Marco,
Functionality such as you describe is best wrapped up into a .NET Windows
Service. The Framework SDK and Visual Studio.NET help collection have
excellent examples of how to code these.
While debugging can be a little more difficult than a Winforms app running
as a NotifyIcon, it's generally well worth the extra effort to learn how to do it.
VS.NET has a special project type, "Windows Service" that gives you all the infrastructure to get started, all pre-written.
Peter

"Marco Martin" <ma**********@sympatico.ca.antispam> wrote in message
news:Xu*******************@news20.bellglobal.com.. .

Good Morning Group,

I've created an app that "runs in the background "(the window state is
minimized, the showintaskbar is false, and it displays a notify Icon.).
This program will be running on a server and will be doing scheduled
maintenance on a database. What I'm wondering is, would this be better

as a

process instead of an app? Since it will be running on a server and

writing

to a log file, permissions could be an issue. I was told that a process
would be better suited. I've never coded for a "process" before. Is

there

anything special I should know about creating a process? Would there be
major changes to my code if I pasted it inside a "Windows Project"?

Thanks and best regards,

Marco