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How can I make/install a VB program as a NT service ?
- Thread starter bogtom
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check this out
and also check out the links at the bottom of that page.
-jacob
and also check out the links at the bottom of that page.
-jacob
dwmtractor
IS-IT--Management
The link in the posting above appears to be broken, at least when I tried it, but you can accomplish your goal using srvany.exe which comes with the NT (or 2000) resource kit(s). There's a related file on the resource kit, srvany.wri, that documents the procedure. This allows you to take any *.exe file and make it into a service. Very useful.
Dan
Dan
You can also search on the MSDN site for "NTSVC.OCX", which is an OCX you drop on a form (usually made invisible) that allows your app to run as a service. It was originally written by Microsoft several years ago, but is unsupported. My experience has been that it's good for about 3 days, and then you have to restart your service.
Chip H.
Chip H.
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