Really a problem? Windows Service with VB

[benschmidt]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a Windows Service with Visual Basic 5.0.
This program should be able to use an ODBC-connection to a database on another computer.

I've read a lot of tutorials which used the ntsrv.ocx to create the service. And I wanted to use it too, until I read the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 175948 about problems occurring when using VB to create a service. Now I don't know what to do.

Does anyone have experiences with the ntsrv.ocx - especially with ODBC?

Ben

[RhinoBull]

Check out the following liks:

http://www.firedaemon.com/
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=4317

[RobDog888]

I came accross some code here at the forums the showed an
example of creating a NT Service from the ground up using APIs.
I have sucessfully created my own program for creating services,
so it can be done. Search for CreateService, OpenSCManager,
StartService, for starters. No 3rd party controls needed.

To control/create a service...service status

Search on the others and you will come accross the code for
creating the service executable to be bound when you use the
CreateService API.

Found it...
Service executable to be registered as an service using the first link above.

HTH