System Service

[Tugabargains]

Hi all,

I have a program done by someone else that is a system service.
Mainly what it does is, receives info from a DLL, checks info from a DB and sends info to the same DLL.
The DLL is proven that it works corectly.
I have a few problems with this service:

1)when I install it
"service.exe" /i
at first time it does not start automaticly, I need to go to the services and start it

2) even when is running it does not work properly unless i run the application

Regards
Luis

[Devion]

Are you sure that the application is build to be a service?. VB is event-driven it will just wait for something if you forgot a timer and such.

And if it doesn't work properly until you run the app is doesn't really prove it works correctly huh?

[Hack]

Hi all,

I have a program done by someone else that is a system service.
Mainly what it does is, receives info from a DLL, checks info from a DB and sends info to the same DLL.
The DLL is proven that it works corectly.
I have a few problems with this service:

1)when I install it
"service.exe" /i
at first time it does not start automaticly, I need to go to the services and start it

2) even when is running it does not work properly unless i run the application

Regards
Luis

Quite possibly it is not an independent service, but, rather, a service depenedent on the existance of the application.