Re: How should a Windows Service stop itself?

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ServiceBase.Stop() isn't new in .NET 2.0.

I'm going to try Environment.Exit. That's what I was looking for, I just
didn't know what it was called.


"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Jay_Harlow_MVP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Rune,
| If you need to stop before OnStart is done, start an
| async. thread, ie. using a Timer, call ServiceController.Stop from
there.
If you need to stop before OnStart is done, simply call ServiceBase.Stop.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.serviceprocess.servicebase.stop.aspx

If you are running .NET 1.x, I would first recommend upgrading, second
consider using the Environment.Exit hack, third consider using the async
thread hack

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Hope this helps
Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]
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T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net


"Rune Huseby" <rhuseby2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Dave" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
| news:ehu4X1duGHA.4752@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
|
| > I have written a multi-threaded Windows Service in .NET. During
| > startup of the service I need to check for some condition and stop the
| > service if the condition is not met. What is the best way to do that?
| > Due to time constraints I have to check the condition in a separate
| > thread created in the OnStart event so that the OnStart event can
| > complete within the 30 second window that Windows requires for service
| > start.
| >
| > I assume the only way for a service to stop itself is to use the
| > service controller class?
|
| That is correct, you use ServiceController.Stop. But you cannot do this
in
| the OnStart-event. If you need to stop before OnStart is done, start an
| async. thread, ie. using a Timer, call ServiceController.Stop from
there.
|
| --
| Rune Huseby




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