Any examples of creating a windows service in C/C++ ? (No GUI)

Question

This is a great reference of how it all works at a relatively low level:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms685967%28VS.85%29.aspx

However, is there a working C/C++ example that shows how to install and run code as a service - all done in code, not using any of the windows gui?

Solution 1

Complete Service Example

Solution 2

You might want to have a look at the source. of the Apache Commons Daemon procrun utility. It is a little daunting because of all the things it handles, but then usually the lesson is that you just want to use it instead of reimplementing it anyway :)

Solution 3

I would recommend starting from the Visual Studio service template project.