Updating the Service Events
We want to use the new service events properly by modifying the current events. This will allow us to reuse these structured literals quickly.
Modifying Our <OnStart>
We will be modifying our current tutorials.vb thread function code to reflect both the changes in using our resource file and to use our new InstanceId constants.
Example 4-4. Modifications to <OnStart> to support the new resource file.
Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVal args() As String) ' Add code here to start your service. This method should set things ' in motion so your service can do its work. Try m_WorkerThread = New Thread(AddressOf ThreadFunc) m_WorkerThread.Name = My.Resources.ThreadName m_WorkerThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Normal m_WorkerThread.Start() ...
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