I am new to services and I have quite the task. I need a windows
service that will, once started, open a socket and listen for client
connections. When a connection is made, the client will want the
service to query the db and return a value. This is for use with an IVR
system. Basically, a customer will callin and request some account
information and the service will need to qoery the db and return an
answer to the customer through the IVR system. I have started the
project but I am not getting anywhere fast. I an not even sure I am on
the right path. I thought of using web services, but that is not an
option because the machine this will be installed on will not have IIS
and it cannot be installed. I will paste my code below. Any help is
appreciated.

Justin

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;

namespace MyIVR
{
   public partial class svcTCP : ServiceBase
   {
       private readonly int port = 45000;
       private readonly IPAddress ip = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1");
       private TcpListener listener;

       public svcTCP()
       {
           InitializeComponent();

           if (!System.Diagnostics.EventLog.SourceExists("IVRSource"))
           {

System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource("IVRSource", "IVRLog");
           }
           eventLog1.Source = "IVRSource";
           eventLog1.Log = "IVRLog";
       }

       protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
       {
           svcTCP service = new svcTCP();

           eventLog1.WriteEntry("Service Started.");

           listener = new TcpListener(ip, port);
           listener.Start();
       }

       protected override void OnStop()
       {
           eventLog1.WriteEntry("Service Stopped.");
       }

       protected override void OnContinue()
       {
           eventLog1.WriteEntry("Service Resumed.");
       }
   }
}

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