Java dying when user logs off machine

[mookie]

I have developed a program that monitors a MQ queue, I want the application to be running on the machine in the background. I have installed this on a Windows 2000 Server machine.

So I setup a "scheduled task" to start on system start up. When I start the machine, the application starts up and runs. Then a user logs into the machine, and application is still running. Then the user logs off the machine, and the program stops.

I have a VB6 porgram that works throughout the login/logout process.

Any thoughts on how I can keep the program running continously, thanks.

 

[mookie]

I have been looking at using a tool to be a service, this is not the route I would like to take.

 

[byam]

I believe, to keep application runing with a user login, you have to run the application as service in window.

 

[byam]

Here is a site that may help:

http://www.kcmultimedia.com/javaserv/

"This paper describes building an executable launcher for a pure Java 1.2 or 1.3 server application that permits self-installation as a Windows NT service"

 

[mookie]

Well, I found a solution. If you add the paramater -Xrs to the java command, it will reduce the use OS signals. Thus it will ignore the hook that Windows has.

It turns out this was a bug in version 1.3. For some non-light reading and more info, see

http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4323062.html