C# Windows Service

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Published on 2010-04-13T16:37:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 16:43 UTC
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Scenario

I've created a windows service, but whenever I start it, it stops immediately. The service was concieved from a console application that used to subscribe to an event and watch processes on a server. If anything happened to process (i.e. It was killed), then the event would trigger the process to be restarted. The reason I'm telling you this is because the original code used to look like this:

Original Console App Code:

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        StartProcess sp = new StartProcess();
        //Note the readline that means the application sits here waiting for an event!
        Console.ReadLine(); 
    }

Now that this code has been turned into a Windows Service, it is essentially EXACTLY THE SAME. However, the service does not sit there waiting, even with the readline, it just ends.....

New Windows Service Code:

    protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
    {
        ProcessMonitor pm = new ProcessMonitor();
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

Thoughts

Since the functionality is entirely encapsulated within this single class (It quite literally starts, sets up some events and waits) - How can I get the service to actually sit there and just wait? It seems to be ignoring the readline. However this works perfectly as a console application, it is just far more convenient to have it as a service.

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