I have 3 projects in my VS solution. One of them is a Web app, the second one is a Windows Service and the last one a Setup project for my Web app.
What I want is by the end of the installation of the web app in my setup project, within my custom action to try and install my windows service given that I have the location of the assembly by then.
I found several errors in the code that you reused and have fixed these and also cleaned it up a little. Again, the original code is taken from here.
public static class ServiceInstaller
{
private const int STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = 0xF0000;
private const int SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS = 0x00000010;
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private class SERVICE_STATUS
{
public int dwServiceType = 0;
public ServiceState dwCurrentState = 0;
public int dwControlsAccepted = 0;
public int dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
public int dwServiceSpecificExitCode = 0;
public int dwCheckPoint = 0;
public int dwWaitHint = 0;
}
#region OpenSCManager
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", EntryPoint = "OpenSCManagerW", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr OpenSCManager(string machineName, string databaseName, ScmAccessRights dwDesiredAccess);
#endregion
#region OpenService
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr OpenService(IntPtr hSCManager, string lpServiceName, ServiceAccessRights dwDesiredAccess);
#endregion
#region CreateService
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern IntPtr CreateService(IntPtr hSCManager, string lpServiceName, string lpDisplayName, ServiceAccessRights dwDesiredAccess, int dwServiceType, ServiceBootFlag dwStartType, ServiceError dwErrorControl, string lpBinaryPathName, string lpLoadOrderGroup, IntPtr lpdwTagId, string lpDependencies, string lp, string lpPassword);
#endregion
#region CloseServiceHandle
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
static extern bool CloseServiceHandle(IntPtr hSCObject