windows-services

I am currently using TopShelf with a Console Application to create a Windows Service. When I run the code as a console application I use a few Console.WriteLine() to output results. Once the code does what it is supposed to do I install the console application as a Windows Service. Are there any downsides with leaving the Console.WriteLine() code even though a Windows Service can not write to the console? Are there any risks of having unstable code if I leave the Console.WriteLine() in there? dtech The output will simply be discarded . In a Windows Service there is no Console so Console.Write*

I am trying to build up windows service which need some kind of parallelism for pooling files from different ftp sources. For starting multiple ftp downloads I am looking in TPL library to easily do foreach loops and making parallelism totally easy. But when I search how to start or stop my service(s), best shot I fund is to make new threads inside OnStart() method, as it is described here https://stackoverflow.com/a/4865893/69433 Reading about TPL there is always note that TPL is more advanced than manual threading and manual stop threading. I did not find any sample post which describes how

I'm using VB9 (VS2008). I've created a Windows Service that indexes some folders regularly. Is there a way I can put an upper limit on the CPU usage depending upon the current system state, i.e., if the system is idle, the thread can use the CPU as much as it needs, but if there are other programs/processes running then it should use the CPU in way that does not make the system slow. ShuggyCoUk You can reduce the priority of the thread, in .Net via Thread.Priority Setting it to BelowNormal will mean that other threads will be scheduled in front of it. This can lead to the thread being starved,

I am looking for the best method to run a Java Application as a *NIX daemon or a Windows Service. I've looked in to the Java Service Wrapper , the Apache Commons project 'jsvc' , and the Apache Commons project 'procrun' . So far, the Java Service Wrapper looks like it's the best option... but, I'm wondering if there are any other "Open Source friendly" licensed products out there. I've had great success with Java Service Wrapper myself. I haven't looked at the others, but the major strengths of ServiceWrapper are: Great x-platform support - I've used it on Windows and Linux, and found it easy

I have a windows service and use nlog for logging. Everything works fine when I run from the visual studio ide. The log file updates with no issues. When I install the service, the service runs fine but the log file never updates. I am running under LOCAL SERVICE if that helps. Yes, I have created the logs directory under my application folder. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > <targets> <target name="file" xsi:type="File" fileName="${basedir}/logs/${shortdate}_info.txt"

This is a follow up to my earlier question . Tomcat 5.0.28 had a bug where the Servlet's destroy() method was not being invoked by the container on a shutdown. This is fixed in Tomcat 5.0.30, but if the Servlet's destroy() method had a System.exit(), it would result in the Tomcat windows service throwing the Error 1053 and refusing to shutdown gracefully (see above link for more details on this error) Anybody has any idea on whether: Calling System.exit() inside a Servlet's destroy() method to forcefully kill any non-daemon threads is a good idea? Why does Tomcat 5.0.30 and (later versions