Basically, I need to do the same thing as Per. i.e., I want N different
services, all pointing to the same executable (which implements the same set
onStart, onStop, etc.)
I don't quite get however, what to do about setting Service Name in the
Main() of the Service's VB file and its associated ProjectInstaller (it this
what is being talked about here??).
What I mean is that I have a service, called MyService defined within
MyService.vb (one instance, one name for now), and such a Service has a Main
method which gas the following
ServicesToRun = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase() {New
MyService ()}
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun)
Next, I have my ProjectInstaller.vb (added by clicking on the link Add
Installer) in the service's design view. It has the following line:
Me.ServiceInstaller1.ServiceName = "MyService"
'ProjectInstaller
'
Me.Installers.AddRange(New System.Configuration.Install.Installer()
_
{Me.ServiceProcessInstaller1,Me.ServiceInstaller1, })
Finally, the Project's Property is define to have output of type
WindowsApplication, with a startup object being MyService.
OK, I get I could read config files, etc from ProjectInstaller.vb, but how
could that "create and change" the service name in MyService.vb and add the
appropriate installer accordingly?
>Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:29:09 -0800
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>Subject: Re: Multiple instances of the same windows service
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>Yes, then you can set the service name in the registry (or a local
>configuration file) from your installer class, since the installer is
>aware of the service name. Then your Main() method in the service
>itself can retrieve that value from wherever you stored it, and set the
>ServiceBase.ServiceName. I do that by passing it into the service
>constructor, and setting it there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Sorte Per
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Multiple instances of the same windows service
>
>
> I want to install (with installUtil) multiple copies of the
> same exe with different ServiceNames that are not hard-coded.
>
> So far I've passed the ServiceName from the installUtil.exe
> via Installer.Context to set the ServiceInstaller.ServiceName.
>
> What I need is to pass the ServiceName to the Main() of my
> service in order to set the ServiceBase.ServiceName. I don't
> think it's possible to specify parameters for the service
> using installUtil.exe, so I probably have to do the registry
> work myself.
> --
> Per
>
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