registering a dll as a service

[carlblanchard]

Is there a way in my exe program i can register a dll as a service ?

If so please try and give code samples

[CyberHawke]

Carl,

The answer to this question can fill a couple of books, and while I hate to answer a question with a question, I need to know, did you build your DLL as a windows service?

If not, then nothing you can do will help you with that you will have to rebuild your project as a windows service first. That's where the books come in, I've written a couple of windows services, but I wrote them in C# so the code would be of no value here.

[SeanGrebey]

Aren't services executeables, not DLLs?

[CyberHawke]

I stand corrected on the DLL/EXE argument , but the rest of the post still stands, you must create your project as a windows service to register it as one under windows.

[carlblanchard]

no i havnt started building it as yet i like to make sure all the corners are covers before starting someting hence why i ask now..

As for the writing of the service yes it will be wrote under windows service but i have another application(exe) that i want to register the service, hence the title of this post

[SeanGrebey]

You use the InstallUtil to register the service. I don't see why your other app couldn't just call a command line of it through Shell.

[carlblanchard]

YEAH command line you can also hide that process cant you ?

[SeanGrebey]

Hehe, ok, this sounds like we are trying to help you do something sinister....

[carlblanchard]

Yeah well its actully for protecting the software on a certain drive... :O)

thanks for the help

[JPnyc]

Hey, I have a similar question. I want to write a GUI-less .exe in VB and have it run as a service, but I don't know what manner of executable to begin with. Is it standard exe, or Active x .exe? Thanks for any assistance.

[CyberHawke]

Are you talking about VB6?

If so, you cannot directly do this in vb, but there is a wrapper out there somewhere that will help you accomplish this. I no longer have the link for the library and I'll warn you ahead of time, it wasn't very stable when I used it, but that was probably 5 years ago..

[JPnyc]

OK thanks, that saves quite a bit of time and effort. I'll create it as a regular executable rather than as a service.

[carlblanchard]

to create a service in vb.net just select "Windows Service" from the create new project dialog

[JPnyc]

Thanks. 1st I'd need to install .net on this station. I'm not sure I'm going to bother for a little DB backup utility. I'll just create an exe and use windows scheduler to run it once a week.