Creating a Windows Services in C#

This blog will help you to create a windows service the below is the code please refer and do comment if you have some doubts.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Timers;
namespace MyWinService
{
public partial class Service1: ServiceBase
{
public Service1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
//************************************************************************************************************
//Initialize the timer
System.Timers.Timer timer = new System.Timers.Timer();
//************************************************************************************************************
//This method is used to raise event during start of service
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
//add this line to text file during start of service
TraceService("Start service");
//handle Elapsed event
timer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(OnElapsedTime);
//This statement is used to set interval to 30 Seconds (= 30,000 milliseconds)
timer.Interval = 30000;
//enabling the timer
timer.Enabled = true;
}
//************************************************************************************************************
//This method is used to stop the service
protected override void OnStop()
{
timer.Enabled = false;
TraceService("Stopping service");
}
//************************************************************************************************************
private void OnElapsedTime(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
TraceService("Another entry at " + DateTime.Now);
}
//************************************************************************************************************
private void TraceService(string content)
{
//set up a filestream
FileStream fs = new FileStream(@
"d:\Service1.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);
//set up a streamwriter for adding text
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
//find the end of the underlying filestream
sw.BaseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End);
//add the text
sw.WriteLine(content);
//add the text to the underlying filestream
sw.Flush();
//close the writer
sw.Close();
}
//************************************************************************************************************
}
}