Use value dialog installation in windows service c#

Question

We are develop a windows service for open a specific port. Now this port can be custom for the user during the installation in a dialog.

I want know a possibility of capture this value and pass to the code of the service

            if (myServer == null)
            {
                int port=  int.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["port1"]);
                myServer = new NHttp.HttpServer
                {
                    EndPoint = new System.Net.IPEndPoint(0, port)
                };
            }
            myServer.Start();

I try using a value in app.config and editing this value in the installer:

public override void Install(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
    {
        string portServer= this.Context.Parameters["CTPUERTO"];
        System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Set("port1", portServer);
        base.Install(stateSaver);            
    }

CTPUERTO is the name of the textbox in the dialog install

Regardless, installer should write to the registry. Service should read from the registry. Service shouldn't have to know about the installer. — Ben, Aug 25 '17 at 15:26
Make a registry key step which takes the input dialog value and writes it to the correct registry key. — Ben, Aug 25 '17 at 15:27
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.registry.localmachine(v=vs.110).aspx Put it under Local Machine SOFTWARE\YourCompanyName\YourProductName\ — Ben, Aug 25 '17 at 15:49
This is the registry, but how pass the value of the input dialog to this registry key? I don´t understand — araad1992, Aug 25 '17 at 15:56
Get it into a string. Put it from the string into the registry. — Ben, Aug 25 '17 at 15:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '17 at 23:12

You add the optional TextBoxes(A) dialog to your setup project and the user enters that text (in EDITA1 in the docs):

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e04k6f53(v=vs.100).aspx

Then in your custom action you'd add the parameter with something like:

/port1=[EDITA1]

in CustomActionData, then access it using the kind of code you showed, in an installer class.

These might be useful:

.net Setup Project: How to pass multiple CustomActionData fields

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12780/A-Setup-and-Deployment-project-that-passes-paramet

The main issue with this (because of the way VS setup projects work) is that you cannot validate it at the time it's entered. Custom actions in VS setup projects run after the UI and after everything is installed, so if your custom finds it's incorrect then you fail the whole install and roll back.

Use value dialog installation in windows service c#

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