Chapter 10. Building Windows Services and Console Applications with VB .NET
IN THIS CHAPTER
Visual Basic .NET lets you build Windows Services natively in VB for the first time. Windows Services, formerly called NT Services, are potentially long-running executables that can start without a user logging in, can be paused and restarted, and can be configured to run under different security contexts. Windows Services had been the domain of C++ developers until now, when the .NET Framework opens the ability for any .NET language to create services.
Windows Services should not be confused with XML Web Services, which are implemented as a different ...
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