Winows service mixed with normal application?

[jorge]

Hi,

i have a plication with a few forms, but i'd like to add suport to start a part of it as a service, is that pasible without creating a new exe?

like start with my.exe -service it will laod as service, start notmal it wil load in gui mode?

[AlexCode]

I came up with this code for you:

 

Imports System.Windows.Forms

Module Global
   Public frm1 As New Form1

   Sub Main(ByVal CmdArgs() As String)

       Try
           If CmdArgs.Length > 1 Then
               Console.WriteLine("Too many arguments!")
               Exit Sub
           End If

           MessageBox.Show(CmdArgs(0))
       Catch ex As Exception
           'If no parameters then lounch the form...
           Application.Run(frm1)

           'You can also lounch another existing exe like this
           'System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("c:\myapp.exe")
       End Try

   End Sub

End Module

Note that this is the Sub Main of a Console application project... NOT a Windows project!

Also note that instead of that messagebox I throw on the try you can call your Windows Service or whatever you like depending on the parameters you pass...

 

Alex :p

Edited March 7, 2004 by AlexCode