In this article I want to describe an easy way to add an easy installer to a Windows Service project.
Steps are: – Add the installer for the service
– Configure the service parameters
– Add parameters to start up of the program
Add the installer for the service can be done when you open the service.cs. This will show a gray screen with two links:
Right click this screen and select Add installer in the pop up menu. This will add a ProjectInstaller.cs file with a ProjectInstaller class inside.
Open the Projectinstaller file. This will show two components.
Change settings for the two components according to your needs.
Last step is to add the installer to the program start up. For this we need to change the Program.cs.
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length > 0)
{
//Install service
if (args[0].Trim().ToLower() == "/i")
{
System.Configuration.Install.ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(
new string[] { "/i", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });
}
//Uninstall service
else if (args[0].Trim().ToLower() == "/u")
{
System.Configuration.Install.ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(
new string[] { "/u", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });
}
}
else
{
ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
{
new ServiceMonitor()
};
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}
}
}
