"Tim Johnson" wrote:

> I built a Windows Service exe, and a separate exe to control it which has a
> nice little icon on the system tray.  I'm wondering if there is a "right" way
> to merge the two apps such that:
>
> a) when you installutil the service it automatically puts the notifyicon on
> the systemtray
> b) it will respond to right-click of the icon (even if stopped?)
>
> Or if they have to stay 2 separate apps, if there's a prescribed way to make
> the controller app always around (didn't want to have to Schedule it etc,
> just wanted it to start up along with the service).

"Simon Murrell" wrote:

> Hello Tim
>
> Keep them separate. If you combine the two into one exe, you will not be
> able to start the service again. You could get your users to use the Services
> applet to start the service and then use the system tray portion to stop it.
> Rather separate them as that is what SQL Server has done with the service
> exe and then the Service Manager exe which sits in the system tray.
> Hope this helps...
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
> "Tim Johnson" wrote:
>
> > I built a Windows Service exe, and a separate exe to control it which has a
> > nice little icon on the system tray.  I'm wondering if there is a "right" way
> > to merge the two apps such that:
> >
> > a) when you installutil the service it automatically puts the notifyicon on
> > the systemtray
> > b) it will respond to right-click of the icon (even if stopped?)
> >
> > Or if they have to stay 2 separate apps, if there's a prescribed way to make
> > the controller app always around (didn't want to have to Schedule it etc,
> > just wanted it to start up along with the service).

"Tim Johnson" wrote:

> Makes sense.  I was just trying to figure how to make that icon always be in
> the system tray, ie have my svc controller app always running.  I can always
> make it a Startup app but I guess I was thinking there might be a prescribed
> way to couple the 2 apps - what makes all those other tray icons show up
> automatically, aren't most of them related to services or are they just
> drivers (wifi, sql server, etc)?
>
> "Simon Murrell" wrote:
>
> > Hello Tim
> >
> > Keep them separate. If you combine the two into one exe, you will not be
> > able to start the service again. You could get your users to use the Services
> > applet to start the service and then use the system tray portion to stop it.
> > Rather separate them as that is what SQL Server has done with the service
> > exe and then the Service Manager exe which sits in the system tray.
> > Hope this helps...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Simon
> >
> > "Tim Johnson" wrote:
> >
> > > I built a Windows Service exe, and a separate exe to control it which has a
> > > nice little icon on the system tray.  I'm wondering if there is a "right" way
> > > to merge the two apps such that:
> > >
> > > a) when you installutil the service it automatically puts the notifyicon on
> > > the systemtray
> > > b) it will respond to right-click of the icon (even if stopped?)
> > >
> > > Or if they have to stay 2 separate apps, if there's a prescribed way to make
> > > the controller app always around (didn't want to have to Schedule it etc,
> > > just wanted it to start up along with the service).