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From: Saga on 3 Mar 2010 10:30

"Saga" <antiSpam(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> The OnStart Method of a service lets you call to a Method (via
>> AddressOf).
> Can you provide a reference where this topic can be researched
> further. I have not found any information about this using Google.
> Thanks! Saga
By chance, did you mean to say that you can use AddressOf to start
a new thread?

Like it is described on this page:
http://ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/08/18/winservices.html

(after figure 5)
Thanks, Saga


From: dgk on 3 Mar 2010 14:00
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:00:58 +1000, "Harry Strybos"
<nospam(a)ffapaysmart.com.au> wrote:

>"Andrea Caldarone" <fakeandrea.caldarone(a)poste.it> wrote in message
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have SQL Server Agent and under it I've some jobs that runs with a
>> definde schedule (they can run at the same time).
>> SQL Server Agente doesn't belongs to SQL Server Express edition, so I'm
>> lookig for a way to build a such schema with a .net windows service.
>> Let's say I need 10 jobs:
>>
>> 1) it is better to have 10 windows services?
>> 2) it is better to have 1 windows services with 10 threads?
>>
>> in the first case, I need to have 10 different project that installs 10
>> different services with 10 different name (it is correct?)
>> in the secound case, how can I tell the service (from the outside) to
>> start/stop a single thread? I need to use remoting...
>>
>> Any suggestions are well accepted.
>I believe it would be much better to have a single service. A windows
>service must contain at least a single thread. The OnStart Method of a
>service lets you call to a Method (via AddressOf). From there you can decide
>how to handle the 10 jobs


If you're interested in how to write Windows Services using VB, look
for the 2010-02 entry down near the bottom of the list:

http://72.229.187.145/nypcvb/downloads.aspx

That was based on the book "Programming Windows Services with
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008" by Michael Gernaey
From: Saga on 3 Mar 2010 15:12
> That was based on the book "Programming Windows Services with
> Microsoft Visual Basic 2008" by Michael Gernaey

I had a look at that book. It looks like itcovers the subject matter
quite thoroughly, but before making a purchase make sure to read
Eric Siron. At $140 USD plus $4 shipping it seems like quite a
bargain. Thanks for the tip! Saga


From: dgk on 3 Mar 2010 15:52
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:12:27 -0600, "Saga" <antiSpam(a)nowhere.com>
wrote:

>> That was based on the book "Programming Windows Services with
>> Microsoft Visual Basic 2008" by Michael Gernaey
>
>I had a look at that book. It looks like itcovers the subject matter
>quite thoroughly, but before making a purchase make sure to read
>Eric Siron. At $140 USD plus $4 shipping it seems like quite a
>bargain. Thanks for the tip! Saga
>
$140? No.

That review is pretty fair. There were a number of typos that I caught
and fixed while using the code. He also covers fair amount of stuff
that isn't about writing servcies as much as it is generally good
programming patterns - like using resource files and such.

But it does cover the basics of writing windows services and I could
figure out the rest once I got that down.
From: Saga on 4 Mar 2010 10:50
>>I had a look at that book. It looks like itcovers the subject matter
>>quite thoroughly, but before making a purchase make sure to read
>>Eric Siron. At $140 USD plus $4 shipping it seems like quite a
>>bargain. Thanks for the tip! Saga
>>
> $140? No.

Yes... if and only if a dot is inserted between the 1 and the 4. My
fingers humbly apologize for leaving out this all important character.
I just checked Amazon: Used $1.23, New $1.39 USD, plus shipping.

>
> That review is pretty fair. There were a number of typos that I caught
> and fixed while using the code. He also covers fair amount of stuff
> that isn't about writing servcies as much as it is generally good
> programming patterns - like using resource files and such.
>
> But it does cover the basics of writing windows services and I could
> figure out the rest once I got that down.
Thanks again for the added input. I will having a closer look at this book.

Also, I am reading the doc that is in the ZIP file that you referenced.
That poor cat! Regards, Saga


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