Running a service from the cmd prompt.

[UJ]

I thought I saw somewhere that you could run a service from the cmd prompt
and then any Console.Write you did would go to the screen.

Is that true?

TIA - Jeff.

[william_dudek]

It is in unmanaged C/C++, but I don't think you can do it using .net.

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

Hi,

Hi,

You can use NET START "service name" to strt the service, not sure (don't
think so) that you can see the output to the console.
note that the service should be installed.
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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I thought I saw somewhere that you could run a service from the cmd prompt
and then any Console.Write you did would go to the screen.

Is that true?

TIA - Jeff.

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"net start" is used to start a service, what the OP is looking for is to
start a 'service' as a Console program which is not possible unless you
modify the service such that it can run as both, for instance by passing a
command line argument that tells the process to run as a Console program.
Willy.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote
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| Hi,
|
| Hi,
|
| You can use NET START "service name" to strt the service, not sure
(don't
| think so) that you can see the output to the console.
| note that the service should be installed.
|
|
| --
| Ignacio Machin,
| ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
| Florida Department Of Transportation
|
| "UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
| news:e3*************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| >I thought I saw somewhere that you could run a service from the cmd
prompt
| >and then any Console.Write you did would go to the screen.
| >
| > Is that true?
| >
| > TIA - Jeff.
| >
| >
|
|

[william_dudek]

Can that be done anymore, I haven't worked too much with services in
..net, but the ones I have worked on seemed to have had allot done to
them by the ide to prevent this?

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

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| Can that be done anymore, I haven't worked too much with services in
| .net, but the ones I have worked on seemed to have had allot done to
| them by the ide to prevent this?
|

Sure it can be done, but you need to change your code such that it follows a
different path when you start it from the command prompt. Remember that
Services are started by the SCM, which establishes a named pipe connection
through witch it communicates with the service, this named pipe channels is
used by the SCM to send commands like Start, Stop, Pause etc... to the
service, the Service itself uses the same pipe to report the status or
status changes back to the SCM. So this whole thing has to be skipped when
launching from the command line, not a trivial thing to do but not
impossible too.

Willy.

[william_dudek]

Thanks, that's how I rememeber them working before .net, I thought it
was odd that they couldn't work that way any more. Do you (or anyone)
know of any books or websites on the subject, I have been working with
services for years, but don't know the details of how they work behind
the scenes.