Service Deployment

Last Updated: 9/12/2008

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Running IntraWeb applications as a service has its benefits and disadvantages. The disadvantages are that there is no debug screen or execute menu item. The main advantage is that the there is no requirement for logging on to the machine in order to run the application (like any other Windows service). A few steps have to be taken prior to running the application as a service. In particular, it has to be installed as such. To do so, using the windows command prompt, change to the directory where the application resides and type:

Executable_name –install

This will install it and the application will appear in the Services Applet. From there, it can be configured to run automatically or manually. There is no need to activate the "Interact with Desktop" under the properties of the service, and doing so will have no effect whatsoever.

In a similar way, if the need arises to uninstall the application, it can be done by typing:

Executable_name –uninstall

Before executing this command, be sure to stop your service.

Notes:

Only Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP support services. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME do not support services.
Services do not function in evaluation mode. Attempts to do so will result in errors.
It's important to set ServerController.AppName and ServerController.Description to meaningful values. These values will identify your IW service in the Service Manager.