Some thoughts:
Create windows service with VS 2005
install .Net Service
I wrote some couple of years ago a Perl based set of executables ( theads ) etc. , which seems to have similar requirements to yours ...
Some stuff to keep in mind:
- do have debuggin switch ( you should have one when something goes really wrong )
- output to both console and files ( try log4net for example )
- build your logging with future regex parsing in mind
- if there are some inderdependant processes , learn how to kill them , stop and restart them
- if there are some inderdependant processes try to communicate to them
Here is a small Console example to output to db, file and console with log4net
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using log4net;
using log4net.Config;
using NUnit.Framework;
namespace ExampleConsoleApplication
{
[TestFixture]
class TestClass
{
//private static readonly ILog logger =
// LogManager.GetLogger ( typeof ( TestClass ) );
private static readonly log4net.ILog logger = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger ( System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod ().DeclaringType );
static void Main ( string[] args )
{
Console.WriteLine ( " START " );
#region LoggerUsage
DOMConfigurator.Configure (); //tis configures the logger
logger.Debug ( "Here is a debug log." );
logger.Info ( "... and an Info log." );
logger.Warn ( "... and a warning." );
logger.Error ( "... and an error." );
logger.Fatal ( "... and a fatal error." );
#endregion LoggerUsage
TestClass objTestClass = new TestClass();
objTestClass.TestMethodNameOK ();
objTestClass.TestMethodNameNOK ();
Console.WriteLine ( " END HIT A KEY TO EXIT " );
Console.ReadLine ();
} //eof method
[SetUp]
protected void SetUp ()
{
//Add Here the Initialization of the objects
}
[Test ( Description = "Add here the description of this test method " )]
protected void TestMethodNameOK ()
{
//build ok use case scenario here - e.g. no exception should be raced '
//Vegetable newCarrot = pool.GetItemByPropertyValue<Vegetable> ( "WriongByPurpose", "Orange" );
//Assert.IsInstanceOfType ( typeof ( Vegetable ), newCarrot );
//Assert.AreSame ( newCarrot, carrot );
//logger.Info ( " I got the newCarrot which is " + newCarrot.Color );
} //eof method
[Test ( Description = "Add here the description of this test method " )]
protected void TestMethodNameNOK () //e.g. the one that should raze Exception
{
//build ok use case scenario here - e.g. no exception should be raced '
//Vegetable newCarrot = pool.GetItemByPropertyValue<Vegetable> ( "WriongByPurpose", "Orange" );
//Assert.IsInstanceOfType ( typeof ( Vegetable ), newCarrot );
//Assert.AreSame ( newCarrot, carrot );
//logger.Info ( " I got the newCarrot which is " + newCarrot.Color );
} //eof method
} //eof class
} //eof namespace
#region TheAppConfig
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
//<configuration>
// <configSections>
// <section name="log4net"
// type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
// </configSections>
// <log4net>
// <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
// <param name="File" value="Program.log" />
// <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
// <!--<param name="Header" value="======================================" />
// <param name="Footer" value="======================================" />-->
// <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p - %m%n" />
// </layout>
// </appender>
// <appender name="ColoredConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender">
// <mapping>
// <level value="ERROR" />
// <foreColor value="Red" />
// </mapping>
// <mapping>
// <level value="DEBUG" />
// <foreColor value="HighIntensity" />
// </mapping>
// <mapping>
// <level value="INFO" />
// <foreColor value="Green" />
// </mapping>
// <mapping>
// <level value="WARN" />
// <foreColor value="Yellow" />
// </mapping>
// <mapping>
// <level value="FATAL" />
// <foreColor value="White" />
// <backColor value="Red" />
// </mapping>
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
// <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
// </layout>
// </appender>
// <appender name="AdoNetAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender">
// <connectionType value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, System.Data, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
// <connectionString value="data source=ysg;initial catalog=DBGA_DEV;integrated security=true;persist security info=True;" />
// <commandText value="INSERT INTO [DBGA_DEV].[ga].[tb_Data_Log] ([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread, @log_level, @logger, @message)" />
// <parameter>
// <parameterName value="@log_date" />
// <dbType value="DateTime" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%date{yyyy'.'MM'.'dd HH':'mm':'ss'.'fff}" />
// </parameter>
// <parameter>
// <parameterName value="@thread" />
// <dbType value="String" />
// <size value="255" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%thread" />
// </parameter>
// <parameter>
// <parameterName value="@domainName" />
// <dbType value="String" />
// <size value="255" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%user" />
// </parameter>
// <parameter>
// <parameterName value="@log_level" />
// <dbType value="String" />
// <size value="50" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%level" />
// </parameter>
// <parameter>
// <parameterName value="@logger" />
// <dbType value="String" />
// <size value="255" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%logger" />
// </parameter>
// <parameter>
// <parameterName value="@message" />
// <dbType value="String" />
// <size value="4000" />
// <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%message" />
// </parameter>
// </appender>
// <root>
// <level value="ALL" />
// <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
// <appender-ref ref="AdoNetAppender" />
// <appender-ref ref="ColoredConsoleAppender" />
// </root>
// </log4net>
//</configuration>
#endregion TheAppconfig
//this is the xml added replace here your log4net and Nunit paths
//<Reference Include="log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b44e1d426115821, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
// <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
// <HintPath>..\..\..\Log4Net\log4net-1.2.10\bin\net\2.0\release\log4net.dll</HintPath>
//</Reference>
//<Reference Include="nunit.framework, Version=2.4.8.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=96d09a1eb7f44a77, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />