c# windows service, how to install on different machine?

[S Moran]

so i can use installutil to install the service on the machine the service
was written on, but how can i take the EXE and install on another computer
that doesnt have installutil?

am i limited to the ms command line utilities that normally install exe's as
services?

 

[Phil Wilson]

Every setup tool I've ever seen has a way to install a service, and that
includes VS 2005 setup&deployment projects, so I'd start there.

 

[Chris Mullins [MVP]]

You could give your exe a "-install" command line argument.

.... at which point, it would go out and register itself as a service. No
trouble.

The Service class has everything you need to install / uninstall a service.

 

[S Moran]

could you elaborate? what code do i have to add and can you give a small
example?

 

[Chris Mullins [MVP]]

There are tons of articles on the web how to do this:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Upload...p11262005062503AM/DynamicServiceInCSharp.aspx

All you need to do really is poke at 2 or 3 registry keys.

 

[Chris Dunaway]

so i can use installutil to install the service on the machine the service
was written on, but how can i take the EXE and install on another computer
that doesnt have installutil?

am i limited to the ms command line utilities that normally install exe's as
services?

If the target machine has the .Net framework properly installed, then
InstallUtil will be present there.

Chris