How to make GUI wait for windows service?

Question

I wrote a windows service and a gui for it. Of course gui mainly depends on the service. Is there a way for gui to wait for the service? Sometimes I need to reload service c

Answer 1

Use a kernel Event object. When you start both apps, have them create or open a named Event object, then wait on it. The other can signal it, flipping the state thus allowing the other app to stop waiting and run.