Windows Service to upload files on SharePoint server. Some questions

I would like to upload some files on a server Share Point. My questions are:

1) I started developing my project as a Windows Service but I read several parts of this WebService. It's mandatory that it's be a WebService?

2) I added the references to. Dll take it from my SharePoint Server (as seen in most discussions) but a little read more shares can not be tested if not solely on where you installed SharePoint Se开发者_Python百科rver. Right or there are alternative methods to do this? And also, when we deliver the service, can I install the latter on a machine where SharePoint is not installed (it seems a trivial question, but it seems strange not being able to test but you install it).

You can only reference SharePoint 2007 assemblies from code that is running on the machine where SharePoint is installed (if you were using SharePoint 2010, you could take advantage of the Client Object Model).

Only the part of your solution that is directly interacting with SharePoint has to be created as a web service. You should create a web service with basic methods like UploadFileToLibrary, deploy it to SharePoint machine and then call these methods from the client (it can be an ASP.NET page or desktop application).

As Kit Menke pointed out in a comment below, it is possible that built-in SharePoint web services will be sufficient for you needs and you won't have to create a custom one:

• Upload a file to SharePoint through the built-in web services
• Copy.CopyIntoItems method