Making A VC++ Dialog App Run as a service

[myperu]

I have a Dialog based appication which I start from a
a short cut on the desktop. To run the application,
I push a start button on the Dialog Box. The onStart event
method does some initialization and then connects to a database.

I want the application to start as a Windows NT
service and begin the intitalization without anyone
pressing the start button. I am using MFC on VC++ 6.0.

 

[apatterno]

>> I want the application to start as a Windows NT
service

Well normally NT services are console programs, but I guess a MFC dialog app would work too...

You will have to call StartServiceCtrlDispatcher in your app's InitInstance function. As well as create a ServiceMain handler and a control handler. Take a look at the Platform SDK documentation "About Services" for more information.

>> begin the intitalization without anyone pressing the start button.

Well, if you put all the initialization code in the handler for a button click, then expect that functionality not to occur until you click the button.

What I mean by that is, if you want code to execute at the beginning of your program, put it at the beginning of your program.

[sub]I REALLY hope that helps.[/sub]
Will