//----------NetServiceDebug.cs-------------
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;

namespace WinServiceDebugging
{
// Adapted from author and commenters here>
// http://tech.einaregilsson.com/2007/08/15/run-windows-service-as-a-console-program/
/* "You’ll have to right click on your project in Visual Studio,
* choose Properties and select the Output type as ‘Console application’ for this to work."
*/

class NetServiceDebug
{
///
/// Either runs service as console or windows service depending on Environment.UserInteractive
///
/// List of services to launch
/// Command line parameters to pass along
public static void RunServices(ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun, string[] args)
{
// Other alternatives to Environment.UserInteractive is to
// 1. Use DEBUG conditional
// 2. Use command line argument
//#if (DEBUG)
if (Environment.UserInteractive)
{
CallServiceMethod(ServicesToRun, "OnStart", new object[] { args });
WaitPrompt(ServicesToRun);
CallServiceMethod(ServicesToRun, "OnStop", null);
}
//#else
else
{
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}
//#endif
}

private static void CallServiceMethod(ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun, string MethodName, object[] args)
{
Type type = typeof(ServiceBase);
BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
MethodInfo method = type.GetMethod(MethodName, flags);

foreach (ServiceBase service in ServicesToRun)
{
method.Invoke(service, args);
}
}

private static void WaitPrompt(ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun)
{
ConsoleKeyInfo Keypress = new ConsoleKeyInfo();
do
{
Console.WriteLine("--- Press key ---");
Console.WriteLine(" p to pause,");
Console.WriteLine(" r to resume,");
Console.WriteLine(" s to stop");
Console.WriteLine("------");
Keypress = Console.ReadKey(true);
switch (Keypress.Key)
{
case ConsoleKey.P:
CallServiceMethod(ServicesToRun, "OnPause", null);
Console.WriteLine("User> PAUSE");
break;
case ConsoleKey.R:
CallServiceMethod(ServicesToRun, "OnContinue", null);
Console.WriteLine("User> RESUME");
break;
case ConsoleKey.S:
// Stop is called after the prompt, don't do it here
Console.WriteLine("User> STOP");
break;
}
} while (Keypress.Key != ConsoleKey.S);
}

} // END CLASS: NetServiceDebug