GREAT !!! 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 8:50 AM Subject: RE: [DUG] Windows services
> You specify a username and password in the scheduled task so you can > make it whatever you like. > > Stacey > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert martin > > Sent: Friday, 2 July 2004 8:45 > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows services > > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
