Re: Same win service with different display names and description

Perhaps implement your own installer which inspect the command line
and overrules the name at install time:

Something like this, the code is not tested, just typed right into gmail:

class MyServiceInstaller : ServiceInstaller
{
  public override void Install(IDictionary stateSaver)
  {
    // check cmd line
    if ( !string.IsNotNullOrEmpty( this.Context.Parameters["serviceName"]))
    {
      this.ServiceName = this.Context.Parameters["serviceName"];
    }

    // call normal behavior
    base.Install(stateSaver);
  }
}

// Ryan

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Eddie Lascu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Interesting approach. I wonder if this could actually work. The problem is
> that I would have to differentiate between installers when I install the
> service. Do you know how to do that? I mean, installing the service is as
> easy as going:
>
> C:\>installutil yourproject.exe
>
> Looking at the installutil's parameters, I don't see a way of picking which
> installer you want to use, nor do I see a way of specifying the display name
> and the description for the service.
>
> So it appears that having multiple installers will not do the trick, but I
> might be wrong.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Eddie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics.
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Heath
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:35 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Same win service with different display names
> and description
>
> Would it work to add more than one installer of your service to your
> project?
>
> // Ryan
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Eddie Lascu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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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