How do I write for a file from my application running as a service

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I have no trouble logging to a file when running my app as a console app but if I convert it to run as a service my file writes fails it seems.

I'm writing in c/c++ using visual studio

Posted 25-Aug-15 10:00am

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barneyman 25-Aug-15 18:46pm

what's the code, what call fails, what's the error, (GetLastError()), where are you writing it to etc, etc

"my washing machine isn't working" - can you diagnose and fix it from that one statement? ;)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Aug-15 19:41pm

Good points.

Nevertheless, I recommended the alternative in Solution 1; your very reasonable comment is credited.

—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-08-25T13:40:00

Solution 1

Please see the comment to the question by barneyman; it is very reasonable.

Instead of writing directly to a file, better utilize reliability and flexibility of Windows Event Log. Please start here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa385780%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

—SA

Posted 25-Aug-15 13:40pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov