Opening windows form from webservice

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pintu - 10 Oct 2007 14:26 GMT

Hi Friends,
I am creating one application in asp.net 2.0,c# and requirement is to
open a winform while starting window and call the webservice to update
some information entered in the form.Now my requirement is to use
windows service to open the form..(Though i can use windows
application and put the exe in start-up folder to fullfil my
requirement)..And the form will take input from user.

So is it possible to open any form from Windows Service? I am trying
it since last few hours but failed to do so..Plz help..Waiting for ur
reply..

Thanks in advance.
priyabrata

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bruce barker - 10 Oct 2007 14:53 GMT

in general no. a windows service does not have access to the desktop.
this makes sense if you think about it. the user can logout and login in
as another user.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

> Hi Friends,
> I am creating one application in asp.net 2.0,c# and requirement is to
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Thanks in advance.
> priyabrata

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Peter Bromberg [C# MVP] - 10 Oct 2007 19:07 GMT

You really don't want to try to use a Windows Service to open any Forms or
applications that have a UI. Services start and run before any user is even
logged into the machine.
What you can do instead is put a shortcut to your application in the
/Startup folder and it will run as soon as a user has logged on to the
machine.
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> Hi Friends,
> I am creating one application in asp.net 2.0,c# and requirement is to
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Thanks in advance.
> priyabrata

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