How to start Team Foundation Build Service using Tfs API

Question

Hi,

I have been striving hard to start The Team Foundation Build Service using the tfs api. The below code line runs the build service as Interactive process but I want to run it as a Windows Service

 typeof(BuildServiceHostUtilities).Assembly.GetType("Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Config.BuildServiceHostProcess").InvokeMember("Start", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static, null, null, new object[] { true, null });

Looking forward to hearing from you all soon. Thanks beforehand.

-Noor

Answer 1

Hi Noor,

The build service is running as a windows service, called "Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Host" (service name: TFSBuildServiceHost). So I would not use the API, but something like described here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/netfxremoting/thread/bdbfd945-3941-4217-bb03-3e15375b80d9 .

Cheers, Fokko

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Answer 2

If its just a windows service can't you do this?

var sc = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController("MyService", "MyRemoteMachine");
sc.Start();
sc.WaitForStatus(System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Running);
sc.Stop();
sc.WaitForStatus(System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped);

replace the "MyService" with the name of the service you intend to control and "MyRemoteMachine" with the name of the machine where this service sits. 

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