.NET Windows Service needs to use STAThread

Question

I have created a Windows Service that will be calling out to some COM components, so I tagged [STAThread] to the Main function. However, when the timer fires, it reports MT

Answer 1

Looking at a similar example: http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/C-Sharp/Creating-a-Windows-Service-with-C-Sharp-introduction/1/

What if your main is...

    [STAThread]
    public static void Main ()
    {
        MyMonitor m = new MyMonitor();
        m.Start();
    }

and move your timer start / stop out of the events...

 public void Start() { this.timer.Enabled = true;}
 public void Stop() { this.timer.Enabled = false;}

  protected override void OnStart (string[] args)
    {
        EventLog.WriteEntry("MyMonitor", "My Monitor Service Started", EventLogEntryType.Information);
    }

    protected override void OnStop ()
    {
        EventLog.WriteEntry("MyMonitor", "My Monitor Service Stopped", EventLogEntryType.Information);
    }