On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 02:43 PM, Jim Biancolo wrote:
> [1] Is it possible to create apps in RunRev that act as services, > chugging away quietly in the background (like a web server, for example)? Hi, Jim! I wrote this (below) to the list about half a year ago. I'd double check everything. If you find any trouble with this method, let us know. Let me know! I'm about to use it Real Soon Now. -- Dar > On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 09:16 PM, Troy Rollins wrote: > >> So, how'd you go about it? > > I used srvany.exe to run the standalone as a service. It and > documentation is in the W2K resource kit. (If you can find servany, but > not the help, let me know and I give a few tips.) I couldn't get srvany. > exe to work right by putting the standalone path into the "Start > Parameters" field in services; I had to change the registry. (I didn't > use Revolution to change the registry, I wasn't sure whether it could add > keys.) > > I put my startup code in a handler named startup in the stack. This > starts the send cycles and will eventually start the comm cycles. > > I was able to run the service with or without a GUI and with or without > network communication (UDP broadcast for testing). (The common wisdom is > that Microsoft won't let you do both, so I don't know what I did for that. > ) There is a check box in services which controls this: "Allow services > to interact with desktop." While you are logged out, the GUI is invisible. > > I haven't tested whether openCard or openStack are called when the GUI is > turned off. > > If you know you will not need the GUI you might see if the service loads > faster if you make the stack invisible. I haven't tested this. (I > imagine the standalone going through the motions of painting, but the > painting having no effect.) > > I haven't set up the dependencies yet. I don't think I have to since TCP/ > IP loads as a driver before the services. > > I bet one could run the simple chat demo as a service this way. > > That's all I know and perhaps a little more. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
