Andreas, you can use a resource bundle to obtain the .properties from the jar.. i mean, you put the .properties into the file and you can read from it.
I posted some classes to do that some months ago. Regards. JP 2011/1/16 Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com> > 2011/1/16 Andreas Mielke <andreasmie...@googlemail.com>: > > I use Apache Common Daemon to install a java application as a windows > service. The problem is i have a java properties file to setup few > parameters and i don't know how to describe the location of the property > file in the command line. My installation of the service is like > > > > prunsrv //IS//TestService --DisplayName="Test Service" > --Install=prunsrv.exe --Jvm=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm > --StartClass=org.apache.SomeStartClass. > > > > If you want to pass it as a system property, use "JvmOptions" [1] to > specify -D. > > Is it what you are asking? If you were running your app with > java(w).exe, what would be your command line? > > [1] http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html > > Best regards, > Konstantin Kolinko > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org > >