Can we create windows service app as server with Socket??

Question

I already have a server app that can listen Tcp client but i want to create windows service app with that functionality, can this possible ?? If yes then how??

Ahsan Siddique · Answer

i want to convert my winform app to windows service file. Here my app code. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Net; using System.Net.Sockets; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using static System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames; namespace WorkstationConsoleApp { class Program { static void Main( string [] args) { IPAddress localIPAddress = IPAddress.Parse(GetLocalIPAddress()); IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(localIPAddress, 1234); TcpListener listener = new TcpListener(ep); Console.WriteLine(@" =================================================== Started listening requests at: {0} : {1} ===================================================", ep.Address, ep.Port); StartListening(); TcpClient client; while ( true ) { try { client = listener.AcceptTcpClient(); Console.WriteLine( "Connected to client...." + " 
" ); } catch (Exception exc) { Console.WriteLine( "Failed to connect...." + exc.Message + " 
" ); continue ; } client.ReceiveTimeout = 1000; const int bytesize = 1024 * 1024; byte [] buffer = new byte [bytesize]; try { string x = client.GetStream().ReadAsync(buffer, 0, bytesize).ToString(); var data = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer); Console.WriteLine(data + " 
" ); if (data.ToUpper().Contains( "SLP2" )) { Sleep(); } else if (data.ToUpper().Contains( "SHTD3" )) { Shutdown(); } else if (data.ToUpper().Contains( "TSC1" )) { var bitmap = SaveScreenshot(); var stream = new MemoryStream(); bitmap.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Bmp); sendData(stream.ToArray(), client.GetStream()); } } catch (Exception exc) { Console.WriteLine( "Disconnected: " + exc.Message + " 
" ); client.Dispose(); } void Sleep() { Application.SetSuspendState(PowerState.Suspend, true , true ); } } void StartListening() { IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(localIPAddress, 1234); TcpListener listener = new TcpListener(ep); listener.Start(); } string GetLocalIPAddress() { var host = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName()); foreach (var ip in host.AddressList) { if (ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork) { return ip.ToString(); } } throw new Exception( "No network adapters with an IPv4 address in the system!" ); } void Shutdown() { System.Diagnostics.Process.Start( "Shutdown" , "-s -t 10" ); } Bitmap SaveScreenshot() { var bmpScreenshot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb); // Create a graphics object from the bitmap. var gfxScreenshot = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenshot); // Take the screenshot from the upper left corner to the right bottom corner. gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y, 0, 0, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy); return bmpScreenshot; } void sendData( byte [] data, NetworkStream stream) { int bufferSize = 1024; byte [] dataLength = BitConverter.GetBytes(data.Length); stream.Write(dataLength, 0, 4); int bytesSent = 0; int bytesLeft = data.Length; while (bytesLeft > 0) { int curDataSize = Math.Min(bufferSize, bytesLeft); stream.Write(data, bytesSent, curDataSize); bytesSent += curDataSize; bytesLeft -= curDataSize; } } } } }

Rajkiran Swain · Answer

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bcf9fd17-443d-486d-b5a7-48f53879c342/how-to-create-windows-service-to-host-my-tcpip-socket-based-console-application-?forum=csharplanguage