Creating a program as a "Service" 1

[GDX]

Can someone please explain to me how i might go about making an application act as a service that can be started and stopped? Also how do i make an application support command lines?
Gordon R. Durgha
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[Alt255]

Partial answer to question #1 (you will have to work out the minute details):
[tt]
Declare Function GetCurrentProcessId Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Declare Function RegisterServiceProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwProcessID As Long, ByVal dwType As Long) As Long
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Then use the following function in the form load event:[tt]
RetVal = RegisterServiceProcess(GetCurrentProcessId(), 1)[/tt]

Answer to question #2:

The command line values are returned in Command. Returns the VB command line parameters at design time and the EXE command line parameters at run time.

Good luck.

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[NickBulka]

search the microsoft site for srvany

nick bulka

 

[Alt255]

Nick, yours was a much more comprehensive answer but I don't think srvany will work in a w9x environment.

In any case, my answer was pretty wimpy because, once the app is registered as a service, it's pretty hard to control except by using it's own UI.

Does anybody have a good solution for cross-platform issues?

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