Debug Windows Service

Question

Scenario

I\'ve got a windows service written in C#. I\'ve read all the google threads on how to debug it, but I still can\'t get it to work. I\'ve run \"PathTo.Net

Answer 1

In order to be able to debug my service without deploying it, I always write it in the following way:

In your program.cs file:

#if DEBUG
    MyService myService = new MyService();
    myService.OnDebug();
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite);
#else
    ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
    ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
    {
        new MyService()
    };
    ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
#endif

and in your MyService.cs file:

    public void OnDebug()
    {
        OnStart(null);
    }

* NOTE *: You must build under 'Release' mode when you are finally done with debugging and you are ready to deploy the service otherwise the service will not be considered as a service.

Hope this helps.