Send a custom command from a console application to a windows service

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Stefan Plattner - 26 Apr 2004 12:39 GMT

Hi!

Is it possible to send a custom command from a .NET console
application to my windows service?

Thanks,
Stefan

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Klaus H. Probst - 29 Apr 2004 06:36 GMT

Not without some sort of managing transport in the middle, like TCP or pipes
or MSMQ.

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Steve - 05 May 2005 04:22 GMT

Take a look at ServiceController.ExecuteCommand. You use this in the client. To catch the command you must override ServiceBase.OnCustomCommand in your service.

It's rather limited. You can pass in an integer from 128 to 256 and nothing is returned. For true two-way communication you will need a transport layer as Klaus suggests.

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