It very very simple.
1) Create a windows service using the windows service wizard.
2) Create your classes that you want to share between the service and the windows app.
3) Add a form to use the user-interface when the program is not run as a service.
4) Modify the Main to accept command-line switches.
5) Make the command line switch choose to create the service or create the form.
like this:
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.ServiceProcess;
namespace WindowsService1
{
public class Service1 : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
public Service1()
{
// This call is required by the Windows.Forms Component Designer.
InitializeComponent();
// TODO: Add any initialization after the InitComponent call
}
// The main entry point for the process
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if(args.Length > 0)
{
Form1 form1 = new Form1();
form1.ShowDialog();
}
else
{
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
// More than one user Service may run within the same process. To add
// another service to this process, change the following line to
// create a second service object. For example,
//
// ServicesToRun = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] {new Service1(), new MySecondUserService()};
//
ServicesToRun = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] { new Service1() };
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
this.ServiceName = "Service1";
}
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if( disposing )
{
if (components != null)
{
components.Dispose();
}
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}
/// <summary>
/// Set things in motion so your service can do its work.
/// </summary>
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
// TODO: Add code here to start your service.
}
/// <summary>
/// Stop this service.
/// </summary>
protected override void OnStop()
{
// TODO: Add code here to perform any tear-down necessary to stop your service.
}
}
}
Hope this helps,
Chi
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