Modifying a window service

[sohaib_a]

I have a windows service coded in vb.net running.This service is controlling several devices simultaneously.Now i want to add another device to the system.How is it possible to do this without stopping the service or changing the code?Can it be done dynamically?

[Dave Kreskowiak]

You're going to have to change the code anyway, just to add this kind of support to your service. Your service will have to have some kind of interface to allow either polling some file or registry location to see if there are changes that need to be made, or, you can have another application send changes to the running service through Windows Communication Foundation or .NET Remoting (.NET 1.x). Basically, if you didn't write this feature into your existing service, you're going to have to rewrite the code for the service. There is no "magic" ability of services that does this for you.

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