See, whenever you have a problem like this, simply go to a search engine
and type the keywords. (Use google) I searched and I immediately got this
Running a JavaT 2 Application as an NT Service -->
http://www.kcmultimedia.com/javaserv/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Haseltine, Celeste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: How to install a service on a NT server?
> Tom,
>
> You need to write a batch file (*.bat) file that will be executed when
your
> server boots up. Back in the old DOS days, that was the only way an
> application could be "automatically started up". Basically, your batch
file
> will do what you currently do to start your Java application, it will run
> the command "java MyApplication".
>
> It's been years since I have written a batch file, but you should be able
to
> do a web search and find some old examples. Or, if you have someone older
> in your development shop who has some old DOS or C/Pascal programming
books
> from the mid 80's to the early 90's, you can find examples in those books.
> Anything that predates Windows 3.1 will cover batch files.
>
> Celeste
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Yang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 12:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: How to install a service on a NT server?
>
>
> Hi all:
> I have a Java application named MyApplication. I need to run it on a NT
> server. I can type the command:
>
> java MyApplication
>
> But I want to install it as a service so that the application will be
> started automatically each time the machine is booted up and the
application
> can survive logging off. Putting that short-cut of the command in the
> StartUp menu is not what I want because the application window still shows
> up in the task bar and will be killed if the current user logs off.
> Installing it as a service will meet all my requirements. But I don't know
> how to do that. Can anybody please help? I've tried the following methods
> but didn't succeed:
>
> 1) I found a utility called SRVANY.EXE which, according to the
instruction,
> will launch the application as a service. But after I have copied the
> SRVANY.EXE to my NT box, I can't run it because I got an "Internal error"
> message when I run it.
>
> 2) I used the INSTSRV utility to install a command file (a batch file
> containing the command "java MyApplication") to start my java application.
> It seems the batch file can't be used. I probably should have used a .exe
> file. But I don't have a utility to convert my batch file to an .exe file.
I
> found one utility named batch2exe, but that only converts the batch file
to
> a .com file and that .com file doesn't work on the NT (it only works on
> Window 98). Besides, I don't even know whether the .exe file will solve
the
> problem.
>
> I've asked several people around but to my disappointment, there's no such
> expertise here. I've run out of resource. I know this question may be off
> the topic to this news group, but I really don't know where else to seek
for
> help. Hopefully, someone who has the expertise can drop me a line and help
> me. Thank you all very much in advance!
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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