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O BJECTIVES
This chapter covers the following Microsoft-specified objective for the "Creating and Managing Microsoft Windows Services, Service Components, .NET Remoting Objects, and XML Web Services" section of the "Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework" exam:
Create and manipulate a Windows service.
Write code that is executed when a Windows service is started or stopped .
Many enterprise applications need components that run in the background and provide important services to other application components and users on an ongoing basis.
A standard way to create these types of components on the Windows operating system is to use Windows services. The programming model provided by the Microsoft .NET Framework makes it easy to design and implement Windows services.
This exam objective requires you to know how to create and manipulate Windows services using the Microsoft .NET Framework.
O UTLINE
Introduction
Understanding Windows Services
Architecture of Windows Services
Windows Service Database
Service Control Manager (SCM)
Windows Service Installer
Windows Services in Execution
Windows Service Controller Program
FCL Support for Windows Services
Creating a Windows Service Application
The System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase Class
Understanding How the SCM Interacts with a Windows Service
Creating the OrderService Application
Installing a Windows Service
The ServiceProcessInstaller and the ServiceInstaller Classes
Adding Installer Classes to a Windows Service Project
Using installutil.exe to Install a Windows Service Application
Starting and Testing a Windows Service
Using Tools to Monitor and Control a Windows Service
Using the Services MMC Snap-in
Using Visual Studio .NET Server Explorer
Using the NET Utility (net.exe)
Using the Service Control Utility (sc.exe)
Controlling a Windows Service
The ServiceController Class
Creating a Service Controller Application
Chapter Summary
Apply Your Knowledge
S TUDY S TRATEGIES
Understand the reasons why you would implement some applications as Windows services.
Write programs to create a Windows service. Make sure that you complete Guided Practice Exercise 6.1.
Use installutil.exe to install a Windows service. Study Chapter 10, "Deployment," to learn more about the installation process and to learn how to create a setup package based on Windows installer technology to deploy a Windows service application.
Know how to programmatically control a Windows service by passing control messages to it such as start, pause, continue and stop messages.
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