Hi,
I am looking at a product called ServiceMill that is designed to run an application as a service. I consider using it for a small VFP 9 program I have but I have some concerns. The VFP 9 program is a fairly small program that periodically checks SQL Server for new record(s) in a table. And when a new record is inserted (by another application) this VFP 9 app prints a one-page report.
This VFP 9 application has a user interface part where the customer can specify the printer name where the one-page report is printed. Also, the customer can specify/set the frequency of checking for new records (e.g. 1 minute, 5 minutes, and so on).
My question is, if the customer runs this VFP 9 program as a service (using this ServiceMill) how do they make changes to some of the settings? (visual interface). Would they (customer) have to stop the service, make the changes to the settings (printer name and the interval) and then run the program as service? Or can it be done "dynamically" without stopping the service?
TIA
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