OK, thanks guys. Can the same thing be done for other service properties,
in particular, the recovery actions? How would I do this?
Stephen
On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:27:53 +0100, Thomas Freudenberg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, the article goes further than what you've asked for. The
>information you requested is: the description for a Windows service
>goes to the registry, i.e. the Description value at
>HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<my service>
>
>Regards,
>Thomas
>
>On 2/2/06, Iain Smallwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you meant what I think you mean (and you may not of course!) then
>> what I do to achieve this is override the Install method of the
>> ProjectInstaller class that a service project automatically creates to
>> add the relevant registry key e.g.:
>>
>> Public Overrides Sub Install(ByVal mySavedState As IDictionary)
>>
>> ' call the original Install() method to create root key
>> MyBase.Install(mySavedState)
>>
>> Dim ServiceDescription As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = Nothing
>>
>> Try
>>
>> ServiceDescription =
>> Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey( _
>> "System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MyServiceName", True)
>> ServiceDescription.SetValue("Description", _
>> "This service does what it says on the tin.")
>> ServiceDescription.Close()
>>
>> Catch exc As Exception
>> 'could I care less about errors here?
>> End Try
>>
>> End Sub 'Install
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Iain
>>
>>
>> Iain Smallwood
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Bub
>> Sent: Thursday, 02 February 2006 11:16
>> To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM
>> Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Service description
>>
>> Hi there. Can anyone tell me how to add a Windows Service description
>> that will be displayed in the Windows Computer Management Console?
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OK, thanks guys. Can the same thing be done for other service properties,
in particular, the recovery actions? How would I do this?
Stephen
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