system shutdown check from windows service

[Myo Zaw]

hi,
i have a windows service that check to the external web site
httpwebresponse and save the result into log text file. and, my problem is
when i shut down my system, i also would like to save the time that i shut
down my system into that log file. but, i don't know how to do that. so,
please give me some idea or suggestion on that.

thanks,
myo zaw

 

[Chris]

hi,
i have a windows service that check to the external web site
httpwebresponse and save the result into log text file. and, my problem is
when i shut down my system, i also would like to save the time that i shut
down my system into that log file. but, i don't know how to do that. so,
please give me some idea or suggestion on that.

thanks,
myo zaw

The simliest thing would be to use the onshutdown event in the service
to write out your log file. This won't tell you if the system is
shutting down or not so you'll get both the service stopping because of
system shutdown or user stopping the service.

Chris

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

hi,
i have a windows service that check to the external web site
httpwebresponse and save the result into log text file. and, my problem is
when i shut down my system, i also would like to save the time that i shut
down my system into that log file. but, i don't know how to do that. so,
please give me some idea or suggestion on that.

thanks,
myo zaw

Override the OnShutDown event handler...
Check MSDN for ServiceBase.OnShutDown for more info.


Willy.

 

[Myo Zaw]

thanks,
it went fine. but, one more question, i don't know why i can't access
to app.config file in my windows service. it worked fine in win32
application. i already tested with the same situation but, in my service,
the call from configurationmanager showed me that null value was return. any
idea about that?

thanks again,
myo zaw