How can i interact with a windows service written in c#?

i'm developing a software that monitor file creation activity, it does
work well.. it "logs" all my events and executes custom actions on
file creation.

How can i create a windows form application that interacts with my
service and let me see "real time" events?

Or... how can i query my windows service for a certain variable or
object??

I saw i can crfeate a OnCustomCommand event and control it with a
ServiceController class.. but the ExecuteCommand () method is a VOID
method.


thank you

I did this a while ago and setup a remoting server inside the service and
connected to that from the client. The server then raised events or returned
things from method calls to indicate the state of the service.
I guess now the best practice to this approach would be to use WCF rather
than remoting.
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Ciaran O''Donnell
http://wannabedeveloper.spaces.live.com


"Cato" wrote:

> How can i interact with a windows service written in c#?
>
> i'm developing a software that monitor file creation activity, it does
> work well.. it "logs" all my events and executes custom actions on
> file creation.
>
> How can i create a windows form application that interacts with my
> service and let me see "real time" events?
>
> Or... how can i query my windows service for a certain variable or
> object??
>
> I saw i can crfeate a OnCustomCommand event and control it with a
> ServiceController class.. but the ExecuteCommand () method is a VOID
> method.
>
>
> thank you
>