Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual C# .NET and the .NET Framework, Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-320)

Chapter 7. Windows Services

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Windows service

• The ServiceBase class

• The ServiceProcessInstaller class

• The ServiceInstaller class

• The ServiceController class

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Creating a Windows service

• Installing a Windows service

• Connecting to a Windows service and issuing messages such as start, stop, pause, and continue

• Querying a Windows service to retrieve its status

Introduction

Many applications, such as email servers and print spoolers, need to continuously run in the background. In Windows, such applications are called as a Windows service. In this chapter, you learn how to use the .NET Framework class libraries to create and use Windows services.

Understanding Windows Services

A Windows service is a process ...