article

[sloan]

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20041204.asp

check that article.

don't concentrate on the msmq stuff, but rather the slick way peter installs
and re-starts windows services.

From: "Jianwei Sun" <js***********@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: dow do I publish a windows service?
Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:42 PM

Here is a good example, even it's vs2003, I believe it's pretty much the
same with vs2005.

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/si...owsservice.asp

roger_27 wrote:

how do you create a setup package? or create an installer?

When I was in school I never published an application. my apologies.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:

>Hi,
"roger_27" <ro*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:92**********************************@microso ft.com...

>>hey, after I select "publish" in my windows service, and i try to

install

>>it
on anotehr computer, it says i need to use installutil to install the
service
on the machine. isnt there some way to publish it so it automatically
installs the service ??? dont tell me I need to make up a bat file and
include installutil.exe with my software.

There is no way to "publish it" to a remote machine.

What you can do is create an installer (.msi) and just distribute it, it
will contain all what you need to register/run your service.

There is a guide somewhere in MSDN of how doing it (I lost the link

though)

>>
basically you add an installer to the service, later you add a setup

project

>to the solution and add the primary output of the service, add custom
actions, and I think you are ready to go.

I posted a time ago a step by step of how to install it, so also check

the

>archives

--
Ignacio Machin
machin AT laceupsolutions com

[sloan]

Im not sure...but this was supposed to go to

Re: dow do I publish a windows service?

I resent it ..

IGNORE THIS POST please.



"sloan" <sl***@ipass.netwrote in message
news:ek**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20041204.asp

check that article.

don't concentrate on the msmq stuff, but rather the slick way peter

installs

and re-starts windows services.

From: "Jianwei Sun" <js***********@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: dow do I publish a windows service?
Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:42 PM

Here is a good example, even it's vs2003, I believe it's pretty much the
same with vs2005.

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/si...owsservice.asp

roger_27 wrote:

how do you create a setup package? or create an installer?

When I was in school I never published an application. my apologies.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:

Hi,
"roger_27" <ro*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:92**********************************@microsof t.com...
hey, after I select "publish" in my windows service, and i try to

install

>it
on anotehr computer, it says i need to use installutil to install the
service
on the machine. isnt there some way to publish it so it automatically
installs the service ??? dont tell me I need to make up a bat file and
include installutil.exe with my software.
There is no way to "publish it" to a remote machine.

What you can do is create an installer (.msi) and just distribute it,

it

will contain all what you need to register/run your service.

There is a guide somewhere in MSDN of how doing it (I lost the link

though)

>
basically you add an installer to the service, later you add a setup

project

to the solution and add the primary output of the service, add custom
actions, and I think you are ready to go.

I posted a time ago a step by step of how to install it, so also check

the

archives

--
Ignacio Machin
machin AT laceupsolutions com