Run Harbour application as a windows service

[Tim Stone]

I have visited this question before ... but have not been successful.

I have an application used to perform automated processes.  It is created with harbour and MSVC++ 2013.  As a standalone it runs without a problem.  Because there is no user interface, or display of data, it runs quietly in the background and can continue for days.

Normally I could just put this into the Startup folder on a server, but that does not get enacted until someone logs into the server.  So I need to have it run as a windows service.

I have been able to register it as a service, using the documented information ( recommended ) for srvstart.exe.  It then does install and shows on the service list.  Apparently some have had success with this.

When I try to start the service, I get a system error 1067.  In previous testing it appeared that the program needs to return some value when it is started or the service manager will abort it.

Does anyone here have experience creating apps with Harbour to run as a windows service ?  If so, do I need to include something in my program code so it will be successful ?

Thank you for looking at this and any responses.

Tim

[Daniele Campagna]

Years ago -many- I found a nice piece of software: app2service.exe.
It creates a service and puts in it your program. That's all.

If you can't find it googlig around I maybe have a copy somewhere.
Let me know if that can solve your problem.
Dan

[Tim Stone]

I tried AppToService ( which is apparently the same program renamed to avoid a conflict ).  Yes, it will load the program as a service, and it actually logs it as running, but it isn't.

I use Actual Installer for distributing my programs, and it also will register the program as a service.  However, the service will not do anything.

I also have used windows SC to install it, but that gets me the error.

All of this would make me believe that there is a problem with the program, but if I run it directly, it works perfectly and has no failures. 

This is a multi-step program which repeats every 3 hours.  It does log to a database.  It uses FTP to download some files, and to upload some files.  It also unzips some files.  That is it.  There is no UI, There is no console output.

It is a puzzle.  Any thoughts would be helpful. 

Tim

[Qatan]

 

Hello Tim,

 

What about running it without any GT?

It will be there but doesn’t show anything...

I did it once by mistake and the effect was more or less as you described but in my case it was undesirable.

Just an idea.

 

Qatan

 

[Tim Stone]

There is no graphical component.  I do link in FWH for the database component ( data objects ),   However, there are no calls to anything graphical.

[Ron Christie]

Hi Tim,

Have you looked at how Letodb does their Windows service implementation? I personally haven't used the Windows service component (but I have used it in Linux as a daemon), perhaps it could help.

Cheers,

Ron

[oleksa]

Hi!

Letodb? Better look at hbnetio, option -i (install as service (requires admin rights)").

Best regards,
Alexey Myronenko

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[Baxajaun]

Dear Tim,

what Windows's version do you use ?

Thanks !

Best regards,

[Baxajaun]

Dear Tim,

please, could you review this posts:

http://www.blogdeprogramacion.com/2010/03/programa-servicio-windows-server-2008.html

http://www.blogdeprogramacion.com/2009/12/instalar-programa-como-servicio-windows.html

Best regards