System.Windows.Forms namespace not recognized in Windows Service

Question

Hi there, I've got a service that's acting up. It won't recognize the following namespace declaration:

using System.Windows.Forms;

What I most need from the Windows.Forms namespace is a WebBrowser control. Any ideas on how to get this working? Thank you.

Answer 1

you need to add reference to it's assembly

right click your project node in solutions explorer and

choose AddReference --> .Net -->System.Windows.Forms

Answer 2

Add a reference to System.Windows.Forms in the project.

Just make sure that you don't call MessageBox from your service. It is not a smart thing to do. (Yes, I have blocked services that way)

Answer 3

I'm not sure how you expect to use a WebBrowser control in a Windows service, a type of application that inherently does not have a user interface. What you probably need is a reference to the System.Windows.Forms library. If you right click on your project and go to Add Reference..., there will be a whole list of reference. Scroll down and select System.Windows.Forms and clikc OK and you should be good to go.