how to send a custom message to a window service?
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Hello everyone: Please help me how to send a custom message to a window service? Thanks. -Freehawk
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Hello everyone: Please help me how to send a custom message to a window service? Thanks. -Freehawk
I think you should first check if it is practically possible to create a hidden window from a service. Since the service normally is started before the user enters the system, I suppose it will be impossible to create the helper window on early stage. You should try to create the window after the user logs in. If you manage to create a helper hidden window from your service, then you can use the
WM_COPYDATAmessage to send messages from your application to service. Otherwise, if you do not found a solution, I am afraid you have to use a thing called Inter-process Communication (IPC). There is a series of methods: sockets, shared memory, pipes and others, that you have to investigate. -
Hello everyone: Please help me how to send a custom message to a window service? Thanks. -Freehawk
sunyw_2006 wrote:
Please help me how to send a custom message to a window service?
Nishant Sivakumarhas written a nice article on Windows Service. Apart from that take a look atControlServiceandSERVICE_USER_DEFINED_CONTROL.
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