Windows Service Applications
Using Microsoft Visual Studio or the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, you can easily create services by creating an application that is installed as a service. This type of application is called a Windows Service. With framework features, you can create services, install them, and start, stop, and otherwise control their behavior.
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| The Windows Service template and associated functionality is not available in the Standard Edition of Visual Studio. For more information, see Visual Studio Editions. |
In This Section
- Introduction to Windows Service Applications
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Provides an overview of Windows Service applications, the lifetime of a service, and how service applications differ from other common project types.
- Walkthrough: Creating a Windows Service Application in the Component Designer
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Provides an example of creating a service in Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual J#.
- Service Application Programming Architecture
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Explains the language elements used in service programming.
- How to: Create Windows Services
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Describes the process of creating and configuring Windows services using the Windows Service project template.
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