Topshelf hosting application debugging in VS2010

Question

I'm trying to use the Topshelf hosting application Topshelf.Host.exe to execute my .NET Class Library as a Windows service. http://topshelf-project.com/documentation/shelving/

I'm having trouble hooking up the debugger inside VS2010. Here's what I have setup

• Topshelf.Host.exe at say c:\projects
• my classlibrary service building to c:\projects\Services\library-name\
• running Topshelf.Host.exe as the class library's external application to debug with

With F5/run Topshelf.Host.exe is running, but it doesn't seem to pick up and load my class libary. Any ideas or better ways to set debugging up?

Entopic

When you run it standalone, does your code get loaded? Can you write something to the log file, etc.? – Lecia

I tried running the samples in the download and they don't seem to work either, up-voted.. – Luing

@Adam Fyles, it seems to be a 4.0 issue. – Entopic

Answer 1

Have you checked your library-name.config in that folder to make sure the boostrapper is properly loaded? It should look like http://github.com/Topshelf/Topshelf/blob/master/src/Samples/StuffOnAShelf/clock.config

Edit: the Topshelf.Host is no longer supported or maintained.

Soredium

Thanks Travis. Believe it or not, I'm just getting back to this. I looked into my problem deeper today and I think it involves .NET 4, when I build for 3.5 it works. I'll dig deeper, but any hints would be helpful. T – Entopic

Building the TopShelf sources for 4.0 addresses the issue. FYI: 1 warning about obsolete call. – Entopic