"Andy Baker" <abaker@NOSPAMvanputer.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Our VB.NET 2003 application requires several processes to run overnight. I
> have written a program to perform these processes with a simple user
> interface to allow the user to switch various options on/off, and using
> the code from VB.NET programmer's cookbook (NotifyIcon) have it running in
> the system tray. When windows xp is started, the overnight routines
> program starts, and the icon appears in the system tray. I then use a
> timer to perform the routines at the appropriate time.
>    It is important that this program is always running, so I need a way of
> constantly monitoring the running processes, and if the overnight program
> is not running, restart it. I have created a windows service that starts
> when windows starts, and whose sole purpose is to check at various
> intervals to see if the program is running. This works successfully except
> for the fact that when the service restarts the application, the icon
> doesn't appear in the system tray, although it is running. The code in the
> service is
>
> Dim strHousekeepingFilename as String = "C:\Overnight.exe"
> Processes = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("Overnight")
> If Processes.Length = 0 then
>    Dim HKProcess as New System.Diagnostics.Process
>    HKProcess.StartInfo.Filename = strHousekeepingFilename
>    HKProcess.Start
> End if
>
> How can I get the icon to appear in the system tray, or is there a better
> way of ensuring that the program is always running? Thanks in advance.
>
> Andy Baker
>
>

"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Andy,
>
> I don´t know about the icon problem but processes like your program are
> better implemented as services, not requiring a user logged on, and the
> service can be configured to run on Windows startup. Once your program is
> a service, there are 3rd party monitoring tools used typically by the the
> people managing servers, etc. to monitor and restart Windows services (my
> company uses one of them).
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio
> You can code, design and document much faster:
> http://www.mztools.com
>
>
>
> "Andy Baker" <abaker@NOSPAMvanputer.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:4476e2b9$0$18254$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> Our VB.NET 2003 application requires several processes to run overnight.
>> I have written a program to perform these processes with a simple user
>> interface to allow the user to switch various options on/off, and using
>> the code from VB.NET programmer's cookbook (NotifyIcon) have it running
>> in the system tray. When windows xp is started, the overnight routines
>> program starts, and the icon appears in the system tray. I then use a
>> timer to perform the routines at the appropriate time.
>>    It is important that this program is always running, so I need a way
>> of constantly monitoring the running processes, and if the overnight
>> program is not running, restart it. I have created a windows service that
>> starts when windows starts, and whose sole purpose is to check at various
>> intervals to see if the program is running. This works successfully
>> except for the fact that when the service restarts the application, the
>> icon doesn't appear in the system tray, although it is running. The code
>> in the service is
>>
>> Dim strHousekeepingFilename as String = "C:\Overnight.exe"
>> Processes = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("Overnight")
>> If Processes.Length = 0 then
>>    Dim HKProcess as New System.Diagnostics.Process
>>    HKProcess.StartInfo.Filename = strHousekeepingFilename
>>    HKProcess.Start
>> End if
>>
>> How can I get the icon to appear in the system tray, or is there a better
>> way of ensuring that the program is always running? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Andy Baker
>>
>>
>
>

"Andy Baker" <abaker@NOSPAMvanputer.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Hi Carlos
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I thought of implementing the whole thing as a
> service, but it requires a user interface of sorts, so the user can choose
> which options to run overnight, and also to be able to force the routine
> during the day in case it has not run overnight for some reason. Is there
> a way of adding a form to a service?
>
> Andy Baker

"Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Andy,
>
> Yes:
>
> - Services can have too an user interface in the notifications area, such
> as SQL Server or most antivirus.
>
> - Or you can even create an standalone executable to configure your
> service that can set options, start or shutdown it, etc . See the MSDN
> docs about the ServiceController class:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.serviceprocess.servicecontroller.aspx
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
> MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio
> You can code, design and document much faster:
> http://www.mztools.com
>
>
>
>
> "Andy Baker" <abaker@NOSPAMvanputer.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:447726e3$0$574$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> Hi Carlos
>>
>> Thanks for the quick reply. I thought of implementing the whole thing as
>> a service, but it requires a user interface of sorts, so the user can
>> choose which options to run overnight, and also to be able to force the
>> routine during the day in case it has not run overnight for some reason.
>> Is there a way of adding a form to a service?
>>
>> Andy Baker
>
>

"Andy Baker" <abaker@NOSPAMvanputer.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Hi Carlos
>
> Thanks for that. I think that I'll get the routines working in the
> executable that I have at the moment, and then put the whole thing in the
> service. To add the user interface to the service project, is it as simple
> as adding a form and setting the startup object for the project?
>
> Andy Baker
>