Windows Services

[Nigh™a®e]

Hi all,

for a few months now im working in .NET mostly ASP.NET
I created a little backoffice software for my site.

Next thing to find out in .NET are the windows services

i created a server , can start, stop services, write log events, ....
How can i communicate between the service and the site / app??

is use the ServiceController.ExecuteCommand(Integer)
The problem here is , i can only send command 128 - 255

not including parameters.

I want to use commands and function in the service triggered from the application. I also want to fire events from the service to the application.

Is this possible and how???

BTW: New VBWorld site looks super

[hurt-conveyor]

Once you have your web service created, you are 75% done. To access a webservice from a normal vb app, you have to add a web reference. Right click on references on your solution explorer and click add web reference. Then type in the location at the top i.e. localhost and choose the reference. Then it will show up under web references in ur solution explorer. And, for example, here is some code I used to access a webservice function:

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objWeb As New localhost.Service1()
MessageBox.Show(objWeb.Whateverfunction(params))
End Sub