How to check the availability of a net.tcp WCF service

Question

My WCF server needs to go up and down on a regular basis, the client sometimes uses the server, but if it is down the client just ignore it. So each time I need to use the s

Answer 1

Here's what I'm using and it works like a charm. And btw, the ServiceController class lives in namespace 'System.ServiceProcess'.

try
{
    ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("Service Name", "Computer's IP Address");
    Console.WriteLine("The service status is currently set to {0}",
        sc.Status.ToString());

    if ((sc.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped)) ||
        (sc.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending)))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Service is Stopped, Ending the application...");
        Console.Read();
        EndApplication();
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Service is Started...");
    }
}
catch (Exception)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Error Occurred trying to access the Server service...");
    Console.Read();
    EndApplication();
}