From a136fe587c4f7993b1fbeaf9b107ef4b5c8ef3aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mustafa.ahmed" <mustafa.ahmed@utopia.pk>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:18:52 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add console/debug host so F5 runs without Windows Service SCM

Support --console / debugger-attached interactive hosting with Ctrl+C shutdown, and launch profiles that pass --console.
---
 Program.cs                     | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 Properties/launchSettings.json |   9 +++
 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 6069bf1..a47457a 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,30 +1,122 @@
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.ServiceProcess;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace HikvisionAttendanceService;
 
 internal static class Program
 {
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    private static extern bool AllocConsole();
+
+    private static bool ArgsContainFlag(string[] args, string flag) =>
+        args.Any(a => string.Equals(a, flag, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
     private static bool ArgsContainTestFlag(string[] args) =>
-        args.Any(a => string.Equals(a, "--test", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        ArgsContainFlag(args, "--test");
+
+    private static bool ShouldRunAsConsole(string[] args)
+    {
+        if (ArgsContainFlag(args, "--console") || ArgsContainFlag(args, "--debug"))
+            return true;
+
+        // F5 / Debug from Visual Studio / Cursor: run interactively instead of ServiceBase.
+        if (Debugger.IsAttached)
+            return true;
+
+        // Double-click / direct run of exe outside SCM.
+        if (Environment.UserInteractive)
+            return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
 
     private static async Task Main(string[] args)
     {
-        // Console so mis-invocation is visible even before the daily log file is opened.
-        if (ArgsContainTestFlag(args))
-            Console.WriteLine("Program entry (test): rawArgCount=" + args.Length + " rawArgs=" + string.Join(" ", args));
-
         if (ArgsContainTestFlag(args))
         {
+            Console.WriteLine("Program entry (test): rawArgCount=" + args.Length + " rawArgs=" + string.Join(" ", args));
             await AttendanceTestMode.RunAsync(args).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return;
         }
 
+        if (ShouldRunAsConsole(args))
+        {
+            await RunConsoleHostAsync(args).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return;
+        }
+
         ServiceBase.Run(new ServiceBase[]
         {
             new HikvisionAttendanceWindowsService()
         });
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Same runtime path as the Windows Service OnStart/OnStop, but runnable under debugger (F5).
+    /// Press Ctrl+C (or Stop Debugging) to shut down cleanly.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task RunConsoleHostAsync(string[] args)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // Make console output visible when debugging a WinExe project.
+            if (Environment.UserInteractive)
+                AllocConsole();
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // ignore: console may already exist
+        }
+
+        Environment.CurrentDirectory = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+        var baseDir = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+        var configPath = Path.Combine(baseDir, "serviceconfig.json");
+        if (!File.Exists(configPath))
+            configPath = Path.Combine(baseDir, "appsettings.json");
+
+        var config = HikvisionAttendanceWindowsService.HikvisionServiceConfig.Load(configPath);
+        var logger = new HikvisionAttendanceWindowsService.FileLogger(config.LogDirectory);
+
+        Console.WriteLine("HikvisionAttendanceService console/debug host starting...");
+        Console.WriteLine("Config: " + configPath);
+        Console.WriteLine("LogDirectory: " + config.LogDirectory);
+        Console.WriteLine("Press Ctrl+C to stop.");
+        logger.Ops(OpsMarkers.Service, "CONSOLE HOST START time=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") +
+            " config=\"" + configPath + "\" debuggerAttached=" + Debugger.IsAttached);
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        Console.CancelKeyPress += (_, e) =>
+        {
+            e.Cancel = true;
+            Console.WriteLine("Shutdown requested...");
+            logger.Ops(OpsMarkers.Service, "STOP REQUESTED reason=\"Ctrl+C\"");
+            cts.Cancel();
+        };
+
+        using var manager = new HikvisionAttendanceManager(config, logger);
+        try
+        {
+            await manager.RunAsync(cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            // expected on stop
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            logger.Error("Console/debug host failed", ex);
+            logger.OpsError(OpsMarkers.Service, "CONSOLE HOST FAILED reason=\"" + ex.Message + "\"");
+            Console.WriteLine("FATAL: " + ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        logger.Ops(OpsMarkers.Service, "CONSOLE HOST END");
+        Console.WriteLine("HikvisionAttendanceService stopped.");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Properties/launchSettings.json b/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 452d107..4f8aec1 100644
--- a/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json",
   "profiles": {
+    "HikvisionAttendanceService (Debug Console)": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "commandLineArgs": "--console",
+      "dotnetRunMessages": true,
+      "environmentVariables": {
+        "DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
+      }
+    },
     "HikvisionAttendanceService": {
       "commandName": "Project",
+      "commandLineArgs": "--console",
       "dotnetRunMessages": true,
       "environmentVariables": {
         "DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"