Keep C# application running

Question

I'm building a Windows Service that uses FileSystemWatcher, and runs in the background.

I don't want to keep on uninstalling and installing the service every time I want to debug, so would like to do most of my development in a normal program before moving it into a service. But I'm quite new to this, and when I run it, it just runs through the block and exits.

What would be a good way to keep the program running?

Answer 1

http://einaregilsson.com/run-windows-service-as-a-console-program/

I've used this before to debug my service as a Console application based on whether its running in an interactive user environment.

public partial class DemoService : ServiceBase
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        DemoService service = new DemoService();

        if (Environment.UserInteractive)
        {
            service.OnStart(args);
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop program");
            Console.Read();
            service.OnStop();
        }
        else
        {
            ServiceBase.Run(service);
        }
    }