setting up a service?

[wduty]

I'm working on a simple sockets-based chat-room. It's ultra basic. The "server" is a command-line java program which accepts connections on port 873. The clients are applets which connect to the server program. Although this works, this requires starting the chat server manually and therefore leaves a prompt open (as long as the server is running).

How do I start up the server automatically when I start the computer? Furthermore, is it possible to do this so that it doesn't show up as a prompt but runs as a system service (maybe with an icon in the lower right hand task-bar)?

--Will Duty
wduty@radicalfringe.com

 

[palbano]

Dear Will,

> How do I start up the server automatically when I start the computer?

That is OS dependant.

> Furthermore, is it possible to do this so that it doesn't show up as a prompt
> but runs as a system service

Still OS dependant.

> (maybe with an icon in the lower right hand task-bar)?

You guessed it... OS dependant ;o)

This doesn't help much... sorry.
-pete

 

[wduty]

NT4

--Will Duty
wduty@radicalfringe.com

 

[palbano]

Dear Will,

In Windows NT4, your description sounds like what is referred to as an 'NT Service'. I would suggest that you look into the definition of an NT Service and see if you think that is what you want.

Here is a great place to start as well as showing you how to use Java and the com.ms.service package to create an NT Service

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/periodic/period99/vji9902_ntserv.htm

Hope this helps
-pete

 

[wduty]

I looked over it and it sounds about right. I'll see if I can implement that. Handy that they have the java details. Thanks Pete.

--Will Duty
wduty@radicalfringe.com