Starting a service once you've installed it

[dpursifull]

Hi,

I've created a service in .Net and installed it on my local machine successfully. Whenever I open up the services and attempt to start it I get the following error:

"The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion."

Then of course it does not start. Has anyone encountered this error before?

Thanks,

Dena

 

[sodakotahusker]

Dena,
I see you got no answer to this dilemma. Well I am encountering a similar problem but my service is starting. I just can't stop it in the typical fashion but the code is executing just fine. Did you ever find an answer to this problem?

 

[NoCoolHandle]

Sounds like permissions. Have you checked what security context it is running under?

i.e. Control Panel or Admin Tools (depending on OS)
services -> Your service-> Right Click ->Properties-> Log On->Log On as:

 

[sodakotahusker]

I figured it out. I am making a call to a "by design" almost infinite loop from within the Onstart procedure. I found documentation saying that code in that routine must complete within 10 seconds or that error will occur. I am searching for code that will allow me to create a new thread to run the loop on so control can pass back to the OnStart routine.

 

[sodakotahusker]

Ok - for future seekers - here is the solution

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.

EventLog.WriteEntry("A2AService", "Service Started", EventLogEntryType.Information)

bShutDownRequested = False
dim loopThread as Thread
loopThread = New Thread(AddressOf StartLoop)
loopThread.Start()

End Sub

Startloop is the name of the procedure where I fire off the infinite looping process (until service is requested to stop - at which point bShutDownRequested is set to True which halts the loop and the thread - which ends up finishing after the service is stopped.