Csharp/C Sharp/Windows/Windows Service

Activating a program remotely.

 
using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;
class MainClass {
    public static void StartService(string server, string service) {
            Console.WriteLine("About to start the {0} Service", service);
            ServiceController svcCtrl;
            if (server.Length != 0)
                svcCtrl = new ServiceController(server, service);
            else
                svcCtrl = new ServiceController(service);
            svcCtrl.Start();
    }
    public static void StopService(string server, string service) {
            Console.WriteLine("About to stop the {0} Service", service);
            ServiceController svcCtrl;
            if (server.Length != 0)
                svcCtrl = new ServiceController(server, service);
            else
                svcCtrl = new ServiceController(service);
            svcCtrl.Stop();
    }
    public static void ShowServices(string server) {
            ServiceController[] services;
            if (server.Length != 0)
                services = ServiceController.GetServices(server);
            else
                services = ServiceController.GetServices();
            foreach (ServiceController svc in services) {
                Console.WriteLine("Found service : {0}", svc.DisplayName);
            }
    }

    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        StartService(args[0], args[2]);
        StopService(args[0], args[2]);
        ShowServices(args[0]);
    }
}

Creating a windows service.

 
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ruponentModel;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.ServiceProcess;
public class WinService1 : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase {
    private EventLog eventLog;
    public WinService1() {
        this.ServiceName = "WinService1";
        string source = "Main";
        eventLog = new EventLog();
        eventLog.Source = source;
    }
    static void Main() {
        System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
        ServicesToRun = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase[] { new WinService1() };
        System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
    }
    protected override void OnStart(string[] args) {
        eventLog.WriteEntry("starting up!");
    }
    protected override void OnStop() {
        eventLog.WriteEntry("shutting down!");
    }
}