Adding an installer to a Windows Service

This link was instrumental in helping me add a stand-alone installer to a windows service. Since I was using a service derived from an abstract base service class, I found it easier to do the steps to create the installer and then change the base class.

http://blog.tallan.com/2009/06/01/creating-a-project-installer-for-a-windows-service/

Windows Service Debugging

Debugging windows services in Visual Studio 2010 can be a royal pain in the ass! Particularly trying to set a breakpoint in the OnStart() method. After trying many methods, I found this:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20458/Debugging-OnStart-Method-in-NET-Service-when-Debbu


The only downside I discovered is that you must always start debugging the service when it is started, otherwise it will continually wait for a debugger session and timeout. Once you stop debugging, the service continues running.

BizTalk Looping functoid

Excellent article on using the table looping and table extractor functoids in BizTalk mapper.


http://hestia.typepad.com/flatlander/2007/01/mapping_fixed_e.html