Re: Same win service with different display names and description

This sounds like a deployment problem.

I'm 95% sure that something like the WiX toolset [1] or other MSI builder
would be able to help you here.
It all comes down to getting your component GUIDS correct in the
installer... and yes, you can specify service names/descriptions as needed,
or even prompt the user for them at install time... or specify them by
launching the msi from the commandline or a bootstrapper.

There is also a "users" list for wix avaiilable through sourceforge.  The
devs of Wix are very active on the list.

[1]http://wix.sf.net
(open source, but from MS.  tool to build installers)



-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Eddie Lascu
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Same win service with different display names
and description


Hi there,

I have one windows service that I need to deploy 4 times on a production
server. Each service will control a different interface. The interfaces are
100% similar so that is why it made sense to develop only one service. Now,
that I need to deploy them, I also need to instantiate them with different
display names and descriptions. The display name and the description are
properties of the serviceInstaller object. Is there a way to change those
two properties other than changing them in my development environment and
then recompile the whole service? Is there some kind of configuration file
for the service itself where these properties would be stored and then read
by the service during the installation phase?

Thanks for your help,
Eddie

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