How to get started with TopShelf

Question

I recently discovered TopShelf. From everything I have read, it looks very cool. The only problem is that I have not been able to use it. I have to have missed something. Below is my code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Topshelf;

namespace TestTopShelf {
public class FooBar {
    public FooBar() {

    }

    public void Start() { }
    public void Stop() { }
}

public class Program {
    public static void Main() {
        HostFactory.Run(x => {

            x.Service<FooBar>( s => { 

            });
        });
    }
}
}

You can see that it is a bit incomplete. When I am trying to set properties of the 's' object for ConstructUsing, WhenStarted, and WhenStopped Visual Studio is not inferring the correct type. I am new to lambda expressions and even newer to TopShelf, so I am not sure what I am doing.

I am using this page in the TopShelf documentation to get me started. It looks pretty straight forward, so I am not sure what I have missed.

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updated code

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using Autofac;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Topshelf;

namespace KeithLink.Svc.Windows.OrderService2 {
class FooBar {
    public FooBar() { }

    public void Start() { }
    public void Stop() { }
}

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        HostFactory.Run(x => {

            x.Service<FooBar>(s => {
                s.ConstructUsing(name => new OrderService());
                s.WhenStarted(os => os.Start());
                s.WhenStopped(os => os.Stop());
            });

            x.RunAsLocalSystem();

            x.SetDescription("some service description");
            x.SetServiceName("ServiceName");
            x.SetDisplayName("Service Display Name");
        });
    }
}
}

Answer 1

Although VisualStudio's intellisense doesn't infer the correct type, it should still compile. I don't know what topshelf is doing but I remember having those issues the last time I tried using it.