I'm trying to create a windows service in C# that will copy all the files from a network drive and paste it into a local drive (let's say in C drive). When I run the test case, the program runs successfully but when I install and run the windows service, the 'Access is denied' error comes in the log file.
I tried Map Network Drive (API) solution but that solution didn't work. either.
Here's the sample code that I've used to get all the files from a network drive and paste it into the local drive folder
Service1.cs
public partial class Service1 : ServiceBase
{
private Timer _timer;
public Service1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
try
{
DoWork();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
WriteErrorLog(e);
}
}
private void DoWork()
{
_timer = new Timer();
_timer.Interval = 5000;
_timer.Enabled = true;
_timer.Elapsed += _timer_Elapsed;
Update();
}
private void Update()
{
RevidAddinController.Update_AutodeskAddinFolder_With_ArchcorpUpdatedAddinFiles(Configuration.AutodeskVersion, Configuration.AutodeskRevitAddinFolderPath);
}
private void _timer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
Update();
}
private void WriteErrorLog(Exception ex)
{
StreamWriter sw = null;
try
{
sw = new StreamWriter(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "\\Logfile.txt", true);
sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " ; " + ex.Source.ToString().Trim() + "; " + ex.Message.ToString().Trim());
sw.Flush();
sw.Close();
}
catch
{
}
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
}
}
RevidAddinController.cs
public static class RevidAddinController
{
public static IEnumerable<AddinStatus> Update_AutodeskAddinFolder_With_ArchcorpUpdatedAddinFiles(List<string> autoDeskVersion, string addinInstallationPath)
{
var networkDrive = ActivateNetworkDrive();
var allAutodeskVersionPath = Util.GetAllAutodeskAddinLibraryFolderPaths(autoDeskVersion, addinInstallationPath);
List<FileData> latestArchcorpAddins = new List<FileData>();
foreach (var autodeskAddinFolder in allAutodeskVersionPath)
{
var archorpAddinFiles = Util.GetAllExternalRevitAddinFilesFromArchcorpAddinFolderPath(Configuration.ArchcorpAddinFolderPath);
var autodeskAddinFiles = Util.GetAllExternalRevitAddinFilesLocationFromAutodeskAddinFolderPath(autodeskAddinFolder);
var latestAddins = Util.GetUpdatedRevitAddinFromArchcorpFolderPath(autodeskAddinFolder, archorpAddinFiles, autodeskAddinFiles)
.Where(addin => !addin.FileName.Contains(Configuration.DeleteAddinNamePrefix));
latestArchcorpAddins.AddRange(latestAddins);
}
List<AddinStatus> addinCopyStatus = new List<AddinStatus>();
foreach (var autodeskAddinPath in allAutodeskVersionPath)
{
foreach (var newArchcorpAddin in latestArchcorpAddins)
{
addinCopyStatus.Add(Util.InstallNewAddinFile(newArchcorpAddin, autodeskAddinPath));
}
}
return addinCopyStatus;
}
/// <summary>
/// Map the network drive path
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static NetworkDrive ActivateNetworkDrive()
{
NetworkDrive oNetDrive = new aejw.Network.NetworkDrive();
try
{
oNetDrive.LocalDrive = "O:";
oNetDrive.ShareName = @"\\acdxbfs1\Organisation";
oNetDrive.Force = true;
oNetDrive.Persistent = true;
oNetDrive.MapDrive();
}
catch (Exception err)
{
throw err;
}
return oNetDrive;
}
}
The complete code can be found on the gist here. Would really appreciate if someone reviews the code and provides any feedback/solution to this problem.
Running a service under the default Local System Account, will have no concept of the share. These are set up under user accounts.
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