Windows Services....Please need help!!!!

i dont think u can directly out put something from a service like that one thing u can do is write to a log file after u run the rewuired function the result and

writing in the OnCustomCommand doesnt work unless someone invokes it

like u write a service which is used by me ...

OnCustomCommand is used so that i can invoke some particulr function in ur service

like
OnCustomCommand(int command)
{
   swithc(command)
   {
        case 1:
           WriteToLog();
          break;
        case 2:
           EraseLog();
          break;
   }
}

for ur case what i  suggest is that u can start a timer in ur onstart and then u can set ur timer interval to what u want and then on the tick of the timer do what u want and write to a log file. remeber to stop the timer before the start of the process and then start it after the process is complete....

Hi gauthampj,
Thanks again (: for the reply.
so, i'm trying to write as you said to a log file:
----------------------------------------Log Class
    class LogClass
    {
        public void WriteLog(string s)
        {
            StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("SendSefach_Log.txt", true);
            sw.WriteLine(s);
            sw.Close();
        }
    }
----------------------The command :
        protected override void OnCustomCommand(int command)
        {
            base.OnCustomCommand(command);
            OleDbCommand maxnumCom = new OleDbCommand("select Max(DateAdd),Max(TimeAdd) from
                                                                                                                           tblUsers", accesscon);
            maxnumCom.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
            res = Convert.ToString(maxnumCom.ExecuteScalar());
              switch(command)
               {
                  case 1:
                      LogClass lc = new LogClass();
                      lc.WriteLog(res);
                      Console.WriteLine("Start Service" + res);
                      break;
                  case 2:
                       break;
               }
        }
------------------------------------------
now, i run setup for the service, and its apear at the Services managments. (I don't run installutil.exe....
because i get an error "service already running", which is true because the setup put it there).
but i can't see any log file.
i don't understand something very basically - when the service starts it must fire the event??
if the answare is yes, where is the log file??
Thanks

I tried to debug, so i put the line: Debugger.Launch();
it realy gets into the code when i start the service but to the OnStart event and
not to the OnCustomCommand event!   ---  > maybe here is the problem??
How do i call the OnCustomCommand (i meen what is the -  int command ?
what does it gets??

u need to consume the service..

that is call the service from some C# code then only the WriteLog() will fire

to reinstall the service u first have to stop the older one uninstall it using

installutil/u

and then install it

Hi,
Sorry i didn't understand.
when i want to consume the service, it means i have to call the  - OnCustomCommand(int command).
So what is the 'int command'  which the event gets? (what values the event gets - int command)

when i sya that u consume ur service is that a piece of code in ur c# app that calls this service it will call

OnCustomCommand(100)

for ur purpose u can
do something like this

start a timer in OnStart()
and run the stuff u want in the timer tick like this

tcik
{
StopTimer
//Do Stuff
//Log
//Start Tick
}

And what is the value - 100?
What integer should i give to every command?

I meen - how the command event will know that another routine calls her?
Is 100 refers to command event?

OK,
Thanks a lot  (: