Wrapping a C# service in a console app to debug it

Question

I want to debug a service written in C# and the old fashioned way is just too long. I have to stop the service, start my application that uses the service in debug mode (Vis

Answer 1

I tend to have either a config setting or use a directive for debug builds:

 #if DEBUG
    Debugger.Break();
 #endif

or

if(Settings.DebugBreak)
            Debugger.Break();

I put that in the OnStart method of the service component. Then you are prompted automatically and attached to the process.