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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / April 2006Windows services UI
Hi all, Can anybody point to examples on the internet of adding a user interface to a windows service? I can find plenty on controlling the services, IE starting stopping them etc. I want to be able to write a windows service that can interact with the desktop and user when they are logged in via terminal services as well as locally. The reason I'm after this is I want to create a windows service that executes a function depending on a schedule I want the users to easily be able to change that schedule. Thanks Gav Why dont you just create an application to change the scheduling data, both the service and the application can read the same data - perhaps held in the local registry, or a simple xml file.  SignatureRegards John Timney Microsoft MVP > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks > Gav Well, those two don't have to be the same thing right. You could write: 1) Windows service that executes the scheduled functions from a database, or XML file. 2) A Windows form application that puts data into the database or XML file, to be read by the Windows service. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks > Gav Thanks for the advise guys... It certainly seems the way to go, I just thought what I was initially looking at may have been simple. Either way will still do the same job, thanks again. Regards Gav > Well, those two don't have to be the same thing right. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> Thanks >> Gav Wanna be hitech? Host Asp.Net and create asp pages. Then user can interact through IE / http-web as well as web application, you can then even host web svc within win svc. Else just create a simplest tcp-socket-adapter and implement minimal http and let users interact with it, in this way u hav full control. User can connect from anywhere to interact / Monitor* your windows_service activities. --- hB Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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