Not able to start a windows service from a program

[ramaswamynanda]

Hello,

I have written a windows service , S1 , that is scheduled to run daily. It reads some files and updates the database. It works well .

A requirement has arisen to call this service from a report program, as the report needs to see the latest data being updated by this service.

This is the code i am using.

        ServiceController controller  = new ServiceController();
            controller.ServiceName = "S1";
 
            //controller
            try
            {
                controller.Start();
            }
            catch(Exception e)
        {Response.Write(e.Message + " , " + e.StackTrace);}
 

The error is get is cannot start service S1 from machine "."

I tried configuring service bpth for localsystem and localservice accounts, but both dont work


Please help me,

Thanks and regards
nanda

[Plater]

Can you go to to the services window and click start?
Or start it from the command line with "NET START <servicename>"?

[MedIt]

It is worth checking if you are using the correct service name, and as sometimes the service name and the display are different.