Windows Service Install

[Vincent Finn]

Hi,

Is there a way of getting a C# windows service to install itself?

By this I mean the way C++ ones did

MyService.exe -service

Having to use the InstallUtil.exe will make installation programs a
bit more awkward (I know you can package it but that seems messy)

Vin

 

[Klaus H. Probst]

Sure. You just have to write the code to do it. Services written in C++
never installed themselves magically; you had to take parameters in the
command line and muck with the service controller.

It should be much easier in C# though.

 

[Vincent Finn]

Sure. You just have to write the code to do it. Services written in C++
never installed themselves magically; you had to take parameters in the
command line and muck with the service controller.

It should be much easier in C# though.

That's the part I was wondering about

Is there a way to invoke the installer
I tried
ProjectInstaller pi = new ProjectInstaller();
Hashtable stateSaver = new Hashtable();
pi.Install(stateSaver);

but that throw an exception
the serviceProcessInstaller suceedes but the seviceInstaller fails
with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Vin

 

[Vincent Finn]

Got the solution (by created a managed C++ service and seeing what the
wizard gave me) so here it is in case anyone else is reading the
thread

string sExe = typeof(RAPIDHouseKeeper).Assembly.Location;
string sInstallUtil = typeof(object).Assembly.Location;
sInstallUtil = sInstallUtil.Substring(0,
sInstallUtil.LastIndexOf(@"\"));
sInstallUtil += @"\InstallUtil.exe";

AppDomain dom = AppDomain.CreateDomain("execDom");
string[] asArgs = new string[1] {sExe};
dom.ExecuteAssembly(sInstallUtil, null, asArgs);

Vin

 

[scarred wind]

may i know where you coded it? is it inside the ProjectInstaller.cs file
or is it under the Service.cs file itself?

thanks