Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-11 Thread Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech
On May 11, 2019, at 2:00 PM, JOHN BAUGHMAN wrote: > Got it working. The fix was to use the Admin account in the Log On tab. That > also fixed the Xojo WebApp. The fix did take until the server machine was > restarted. I also opened 4D server and database as Administrator before > restarting

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-11 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
Got it working. The fix was to use the Admin account in the Log On tab. That also fixed the Xojo WebApp. The fix did take until the server machine was restarted. I also opened 4D server and database as Administrator before restarting the computer. Looks like Interactive desktop only works with

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech
John: I see that Tim surfaced this in another thread. -- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902 On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 1:20 PM Douglas von Roeder wrote: > John: > > I have one system that’s a built app that runs as a service. Maybe this > applies to your situation. > > When I put out a new

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech
John: I have one system that’s a built app that runs as a service. Maybe this applies to your situation. When I put out a new structure, I launch the app by choosing the .exe, do a right mouse and select “Run as administrator”, select the datafile, and let the app launch. Once it’s running, I

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
> On May 10, 2019, at 3:50 AM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > But be warned that you may still run into an issue with how you “Log on as:” > in the “Log on” tab in the Services dialog for 4D Server in the Services > window. 4D or Microsoft changed something and I

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
Well, last night I tried to start the service on the client’s production machine and I could not get it to work. After registering the service from 4D server, I tried starting the service from the Service Manager and it indicated that it had started up but I was unable to establish a

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech
On May 10, 2019, at 8:09 AM, JOHN BAUGHMAN wrote: > Tim, thank you for that most informative post. It really helps. I will be > switching my client's 4D Server to a service later this evening for the first > time. After reading your post I feel far more confident going forward. > > The client

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread John DeSoi via 4D_Tech
> On May 9, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > Current 4D recommendations is to not use interact with desktop when running > 4D Server as a service and to handle everything yourself. Always install ON > ERR CALL method on everything that runs on 4D

RE: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-10 Thread Epperlein, Lutz (agendo) via 4D_Tech
We use Windows Services all the time with success. But we have to launch the server application from time to time as a desktop application as John said, but it is pretty rare. Nearly all errors we try to catch and write the messages to a log file. But there are situations where this isn't

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-09 Thread JOHN BAUGHMAN via 4D_Tech
Tim, thank you for that most informative post. It really helps. I will be switching my client's 4D Server to a service later this evening for the first time. After reading your post I feel far more confident going forward. > On May 9, 2019, at 11:25 AM, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-09 Thread Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech
On May 9, 2019, at 14:25, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > On May 9, 2019, at 2:00 PM, JOHN BAUGHMAN wrote: > >> I am new to this and am wondering how does one manage a 4D Server running as >> a service. If, for example, the server throws an error there is no way to >>

Re: Managing 4D Server as a service

2019-05-09 Thread Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech
On May 9, 2019, at 2:00 PM, JOHN BAUGHMAN wrote: > I am new to this and am wondering how does one manage a 4D Server running as > a service. If, for example, the server throws an error there is no way to see > the error. I guess what I am asking is to confirm that there is no way to see > the