Paul,

> Are there any issues involved with using the IBO components in a
> service application?

It depends on a lot of things. There are things you need to be careful of
when writing a service.

> Will this module be required to use the
> components in a service, or is your module a way to simplify the
> creation of service applications in general or specifically relating
> to IBO?

The latter. I will not inhibit what you want to do. I only seek to find ways
to bottle things up in a way that saves you a lot of time and frustration
and have a solid working application.

> I have written a few service applications and I know they
> are a pain.

Yep!

FWIW,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com