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>A service is basicly a program that runs when you boot your machine.
>If you want to see a few of them...
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>Start - Programs - Administrative Tools - Services
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>* You have to have NT4, 2000, or XP to do this. *
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>Keep in mind if you do this, you wont have an interface to your program (but it sounds like you don't need one anyway)
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>There are ways to do this yourself - but if you don't mind blowing 80 bucks..take a look at this...
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http://www.eltima.com/products/screenshots/application-as-service>
>...or if yer cheap like me, you'll want to goto DOS and use the INSTSRV command...
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>There is a good example of how to do this here....
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http://www.geocities.com/lwddemon/setiservice/>
>...and if you ever wanted to know what all those darn services do... take a look at this...
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http://www.blackviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htmA quick question, please. You said the service cannot have an visual interface. My program actually does have a small form where user can specify the timer interval to check for input files. So you are saying that even with this small interface I would not be able to make it into a service?
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