Installers for services

[Claire]

I've created an installer project for my dotnet windows service from visual
studio. I've run the installer and it's depositing the files in their
directory ok
What do I now need to do to install/register the service? I notice that COM
objects are provided for registering automatically but not services.
I've included the file "installutil.exe" in the project. Do I add something
to my project to run this file? Where does it go ?
I assume I'll also have to add something to check for a previous version and
unregister that one.

many thanks

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

Add the installer to the project, then add a setup project to the solution,
add the primary output of your service to the setup, finally add a custom
action. IIRC there is a very good article in MSDN about this.

Cheers,

--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Claire" <as*******@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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I've created an installer project for my dotnet windows service from
visual studio. I've run the installer and it's depositing the files in
their directory ok
What do I now need to do to install/register the service? I notice that
COM objects are provided for registering automatically but not services.
I've included the file "installutil.exe" in the project. Do I add
something to my project to run this file? Where does it go ?
I assume I'll also have to add something to check for a previous version
and unregister that one.

many thanks