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Paul Alexander
Paul Alexander

Reputation: 2748

Always running web service

I've just created a simple asp.NET web service application with a WebMethod that passes the current server time and a Windows form application to run alongside this as a client.

As it stands, for the client app to be able to interact with the server app, the web service application needs to be running (runs in a web browser). If the browser is then closed, the client app cannot talk to the web service app.

Ideally, I would need this web service to always be running in the background on my server at all times (not just when a web browser is opened) and start when the server is booted up.

What would be the best way to achieve this? I have minnimal experience with asp.NET so is there a way to configure the web service to be a background service? Do I need to create a seperate Windows service application that uses asp.NET web services?

Any help appreciated, thanks.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1420

Answers (1)

CodeCaster
CodeCaster

Reputation: 151594

Yes, by default, Visual Studio stops debugging your web application when you close the browser used for debugging... But you shouldn't run your application from Visual Studio. You deploy web applications to IIS. Then they'll start when the machine starts, and they don't need a browser to keep running.

Upvotes: 2

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