{"id":12793,"date":"2023-03-18T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T15:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/?p=12793"},"modified":"2023-03-18T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T15:35:24","slug":"unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Unleash the Power of Visual Studio 2017: Learn the Secret to Creating Windows Services!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_49 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" 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type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-6767a9ff288af\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Creation_of_Windows_Service_in_Visual_Studio_2017\" title=\"Creation of Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017\">Creation of Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#What_is_a_Windows_Service\" title=\"What is a Windows Service?\">What is a Windows Service?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Creating_a_Windows_Service_in_Visual_Studio_2017\" title=\"Creating a Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017\">Creating a Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Step_1_Open_Visual_Studio_and_create_a_new_project\" title=\"Step 1: Open Visual Studio and create a new project\">Step 1: Open Visual Studio and create a new project<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Step_2_Configure_the_service_name_and_description\" title=\"Step 2: Configure the service name and description\">Step 2: Configure the service name and description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Step_3_Add_code_to_the_service\" title=\"Step 3: Add code to the service\">Step 3: Add code to the service<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Step_4_Install_the_service\" title=\"Step 4: Install the service\">Step 4: Install the service<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Step_5_Start_the_service\" title=\"Step 5: Start the service\">Step 5: Start the service<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-the-power-of-visual-studio-2017-learn-the-secret-to-creating-windows-services\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creation_of_Windows_Service_in_Visual_Studio_2017\"><\/span>Creation of Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Have you ever wondered how to create a program that runs continuously in the background of your operating system? Windows services are an excellent solution for this kind of problem. Windows services are designed to run without any user intervention, and they perform tasks such as backing up or database polls, and starting up with the system. With Visual Studio 2017, creating Windows services became even more effortless with powerful tools and features available for creating, debugging, and deploying Windows services. Here is a step-by-step guide:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_Windows_Service\"><\/span>What is a Windows Service?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Windows service is a program that runs in the background of your operating system without any user intervention. These services are designed to run continuously, even when there is no user logged in, and they have the system-level permissions to access the entire operating system, including hardware resources. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_a_Windows_Service_in_Visual_Studio_2017\"><\/span>Creating a Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Open_Visual_Studio_and_create_a_new_project\"><\/span>Step 1: Open Visual Studio and create a new project<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Open Visual Studio 2017 and create a new project. Select &#8220;File&#8221; menu and then &#8220;New Project.&#8221; From the list of templates, select &#8220;Windows Service&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/DylpCik.png\" alt=\"Step 1 Screenshot\"><figcaption>Image of Visual Studio with Description of what Windows Service is.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Configure_the_service_name_and_description\"><\/span>Step 2: Configure the service name and description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the &#8220;New Project&#8221; dialog box, you need to configure the service name, description, and other project settings. <\/p>\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/7QJ3qB3.png\" alt=\"Step 2 Screenshot\"><figcaption>Visual Studio showing where the user can configure the service name and description of the project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_Add_code_to_the_service\"><\/span>Step 3: Add code to the service<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After creating the project, you need to define the logic for your service. You can use the &#8220;OnStart&#8221; and &#8220;OnStop&#8221; methods to determine what your service does when it starts and stops. You can add your code to the &#8220;Service1.cs&#8221; file. Below is an example of a service that writes to the event log when it starts and stops:<\/p>\n<pre><code>&lt;pre>\nusing System.Diagnostics;\nusing System.ServiceProcess;\n\nnamespace WindowsService1\n{\n    public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase\n    {\n        public Service1()\n        {\n            InitializeComponent();\n        }\n\n        protected override void OnStart(string[] args)\n        {\n            \/\/ write to the event log when the service starts\n            EventLog.WriteEntry(\"MyService\", \"Service started\");\n        }\n\n        protected override void OnStop()\n        {\n            \/\/ write to the event log when the service stops\n            EventLog.WriteEntry(\"MyService\", \"Service stopped\");\n        }\n    }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_4_Install_the_service\"><\/span>Step 4: Install the service<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Building the project is the first step to installing and running the service. From Visual Studio, select the &#8220;Build&#8221; menu and then &#8220;Build Solution.&#8221; Then install it using the &#8220;install util&#8221; tool:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open a Command Prompt window with administrative privileges.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the output folder of your project located in the &#8220;bin&#8221; folder of your project.<\/li>\n<li>Type in &#8220;installutil WindowsService1.exe&#8221; to install the service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note that &#8220;WindowsService1.exe&#8221; is the name of your executable file. Replace it with the name of your file. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_5_Start_the_service\"><\/span>Step 5: Start the service<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You can start the service from the &#8220;Services&#8221; console in Windows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the &#8220;Start&#8221; menu and search for &#8220;services.msc&#8221; in the search box and press &#8220;Enter.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Locate the service you created from the list of services.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on your service and click &#8220;Start.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Your service is now running, and you can view the messages that it writes to the event log in the &#8220;Event Viewer&#8221; application.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Creating a Windows service in Visual Studio 2017 is easy even for beginners. With the help of powerful tools and features, debugging and deployment of a Windows service became easier than ever. Start exploring the world of Windows services today and develop robust applications with better control over complex tasks! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creation of Windows Service in Visual Studio 2017 Have you ever wondered how to create a program that runs continuously in the background of your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3297],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Visual-Studio-ULTIMATE-GUIDE-How-To-step-by-step-Tutorial.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13743,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12793\/revisions\/13743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}