windows service

Question

I need to write a windows service which executes an application after a certain amount of time. I have checked out the code in MSDN and found an example in which the System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase class is sub-classed.

I did the following.

1. created a new C# console application
2. copied the code from the MSDN example
3. Run

I get the following error

The type or namespace name 'ServiceProcess' does not exist in the namespace 'System'(are you missing an assembly reference?)

As i had copied the example from MSDN, i have no idea why the code still does not work. This is my first experience writing services and i`d love some guidance.

thnkx!

Answer 1

Did you include a reference to the System.ServiceProcess namespace in your project? Right-click on your project in Solution Explorer and select 'Add Reference' and then find System.ServiceProcess in the list on the .NET tab.