How can I set up .NET UnhandledException handling in a Windows service?

Question

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException +=
        new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(CurrentDomain_Unhandled         


        

Answer 1

When I was working on my own Windows Service, it was stoping itself oddly enough. I thought it was because of unhanded exception. At the moment I am catching unhanded exceptions on text file. First of all you have to create new file ServiceLog.txt on C locations due to logging excaptions on text file. With below coding I got all unhanded exceptions with them line numbers.

using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.IO;

[SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag.ControlAppDomain)]
    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {   AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
        currentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(MyHandler);
        ...
        Your codes...
        ....
    }
    void MyHandler(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs args)
    {
        Exception e = (Exception)args.ExceptionObject;
        WriteToFile("Simple Service Error on: {0} " + e.Message + e.StackTrace);
    }
    private void WriteToFile(string text)
    {
        string path = "C:\\ServiceLog.txt";
        using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(path, true))
        {
            writer.WriteLine(string.Format(text, DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt")));
            writer.Close();
        }
    }