Sounds great Stacey !! What security mode does the application run under (we would like Administrator).
Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Verner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:10 AM Subject: RE: [DUG] Windows services > You can do this without creating a service. > > Create a new scheduled task and set it to start when the machine is > started. We do this with a few of our apps and it works fine. One trap > for young players is that sheduled tasks have an option to stop the > process after 73 hours which is on by default. Make sure you switch this > off. > > Stacey > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert martin > > Sent: Thursday, 1 July 2004 16:48 > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows services > > > > > > Hi Phil > > > > The application is a TCP server application that has some > > minimal windows interface (that need not be displayed). We > > have a client who wants it to run without a user logging on. > > We were kind of hoping for a simple way of running a standard > > app as a service. We are currently porting the application > > (client and server) from Dbase to Firebird so we really don't > > have the time to do major changes to the current version. I found > > > > http://www.activeplus.com/us/products/smill/ > > > > which looks good but seems very expensive for what we want. > > > > Rob Martin > > Software Engineer > > > > phone 03 377 0495 > > fax 03 377 0496 > > web www.chreos.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Phil Scadden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows services > > > > > > > > We have a large existing application (server) that one of > > our users > > would > > > > like to run as a service. Is there an easy way to achieve this? > > > > > > Depends. if it is an application without user interfaces, that will > > > move happily into a services Execute thread, then yes. You need to > > > consider things like privileges required, and make sure it can run > > > from local hard drive (getting services to see network > > devices is fun > > > - NOT). > > > > > > If there is a user-interface component, then really need to > > separate > > > that out into separate app that can communicate with the > > server. Not > > > so simple. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > Phil Scadden, Senior Scientist. > > > Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences > > > 764 Cumberland St, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand > > > Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 5232 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Delphi mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Delphi mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
