Programmatically starting an HTTP server in C#?

Question

I\'m a C#, ASP.NET newbie.

Let\'s say I have an existing C# project (from a \"Console Application\" template; I work with Visual Studio). I want to be able to start a si

Answer 1

Here is a good article on this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa529311.aspx

The key is the usage of the Microsoft.Web.Services3

Sample code copied from the linked article:

public partial class WindowsServiceToHostASMXWebService  : ServiceBase
{
    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        Uri address = new Uri("soap.tcp://localhost/TestService");
        SoapReceivers.Add(new EndpointReference(address), typeof(Service ));
    }
    protected override void OnStop()
    {
        SoapReceivers.Clear();
    }
}

and calling it:

static void Main()
{
    System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
    // Change the following line to match.
    ServicesToRun = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] { new WindowsServiceToHostASMXWebService() };
    System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}