When i double click on my server exe it runs as a console application and i can see the logs in console. I have made a windows service using the code given at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/CppWindowsService-cacf4948 Using this the server runs in background but i cant see the console. Can anyone tell me how can i send messages to the console from a service??
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Got it! I print my logs from my service to a pipe handle and i just wrote a simple pipe client which reads the file and displays it in the console. If anyone needs the code then ill post it here
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Starting from Windows Vista the services are executed in a different session so most communications will not work.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463353.aspx
Microsoft have some ways to communicate with services as described here (only first paragraph).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683502%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
