Below sample show how to make console and service work together.
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Threading;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Reflection;
namespace ConsoleAndService
{
class Program
{
private static ManualResetEvent _quitEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
{
new ConsoleAndService()
};
//Run application in console mode, UserInteractive is true.
//Install service with installutil
//Example InstallUtil /i ConsoleAndService.exe
//UnInstall InstallUtil /u ConsoleAndService.exe
if (!System.Environment.UserInteractive)
{
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}
else
{
Console.CancelKeyPress += (sender, eArgs) => {
_quitEvent.Set();
eArgs.Cancel = true;
};
Type type = typeof(ServiceBase);
BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
MethodInfo method = type.GetMethod("OnStart", flags);
foreach (ServiceBase service in ServicesToRun)
{
method.Invoke(service, new object[] { args });
}
_quitEvent.WaitOne();
foreach (ServiceBase service in ServicesToRun)
{
service.Stop();
}
}
}
}
}
