Add installer says Service name contains invalid characters, is empty, or is too long

Question

I've created a service, when I right click and press create installer, I get the above error message.

The service name is not missing and is valid.

The problem is probably in that I have a base class on my service, with a couple of properties and an empty constructor.

Basically looks like this:

EmailService : MyService

MyService : ServiceBase

The EmailService is a partial class, and the constructor calls InitializeComponent(); in the designer, which sets the servicename.

I am guessing I've done something silly regarding my base class that's breaking it or confusing it. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Is the name set programmatically only? This is not recognized by the system. Right-click your service in design view, click Properties and make sure ServiceName is set.