Re: Executing an application inside a Service

From: Chakkaradeep (Chakkaradeep_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:43:05 -0800

Hi,

My application which to be made run by my Service is a GUI application say
"somename.exe",service has to just make it run....for this also i need to
spawn a thread???

with regards,
C.C.Chakkaradeep

"Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:

> Chakkaradeep,
>
> Does the account that the service is running under have the appropriate
> permissions? Does the application you are running have a UI, or is it a
> console app?
>
> --
> - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
> - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com
>
> "Chakkaradeep" <Chakkaradeep@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7D37DC29-255F-4FEA-B1B0-D62F64FAFCCE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > My Service is a Multithreaded Server which listens for connections at a
> > particular port....if any incoming connections come,the server accepts it
> > and
> > starts an application with the parameter got from remote end by receiving
> > the
> > informations from Socket....this is what i want to do...i have developed a
> > Multithreaded Server runnning as service,it is working fine by sending
> > back
> > replies to clients....but am not able to execute an application....
> >
> > so what is my next step??...am a newbie to Services...
> >
> > with regards,
> > C.C.Chakkaradeep
> >
> > "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Chakkaradeep,
> >>
> >> What's happening when you run it? Running another program from
> >> inside a
> >> service isn't the best idea in the world, especially if it has a UI. If
> >> it
> >> has a UI, then you have to let the service interact with the desktop, and
> >> even then, you can't guarantee that there will be a desktop session
> >> (there
> >> is none if no one is logged in).
> >>
> >> What are you trying to do?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
> >> - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com
> >>
> >> "Chakkaradeep" <Chakkaradeep@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:D45C58E9-5B5E-4DBF-BBAD-8C8D2E2BDF75@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > i have written a Service,now i want to execute another application (for
> >> > eg;calc.exe) in the service....how will i perform it??...
> >> >
> >> > i tried using this....
> >> >
> >> > /**************Executing a Process code starts here**************/
> >> > System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
> >> > proc.EnableRaisingEvents=false;
> >> > proc.StartInfo.FileName="calc";
> >> > proc.Start();
> >> > /**************Executing a Process code ends here**************/
> >> >
> >> > the above code is not working.......what is the other alternative or is
> >> > my
> >> > approach wrong??...
> >> >
> >> > with regards,
> >> > C.C.Chakkaradeep
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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