I been reading about the windows services in the msdn but I get lost quick because I'm not sure what it is that I actually need. I'm only using the standard version. Any pointers on how I can give a user the option to install my executable as a service so that it can run when no one is logged in.
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How do i run program as windows service or by windows service.
For example :
run notpad.exe by windows service and user cant terminate it.
when I try to install it, after it extracts all of the needed temp files, it throws this error, and stops there..."windows cannot find 'C:users*my username*appdatalocal empSIT19120.tmpsetup.exe' make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again."anyone know what the heck I need to do to get this fixed...nothing has changed, not even the file location of the installation files...nothing..also, I just found out, the temp file's name is changed each time I try to run the setup application...
View 2 RepliesI want my console application to be able to do one function I have when you click one option on the windows context menu, and another function when you click another option.
View 3 RepliesI have created a Windows Service in VB.net for building xML from a database. I need to install it in my machine. I have followed all the steps as shown in [URL] When I right click on setup project and click install it opens the installation wizard and after hitting the next buttons it promptly says that the Service is installed successfully.When I go to Services I don't see the service. I refreshed the list and rebooted my machine n times.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to make a form in VB.Net that takes speech input (not text-to-speech) on my Windows XP Pro computer.I've tried to install Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1 according to url..The problem is my Office 2007 does not have an Alternative User Input feature, as it says in the instuctions. So is there any way to get this on my computer? If not can you suggest any alternative other that buying a new computer for making my Visual Basic .Net form speech-enterable?
View 3 RepliesI am creating a windows service. I want to know that , is there any other way to install windows service than using installutil.exe ? I don't want to install my windows service on client's machine using command prompt. Better way if I can install it using setup.
View 2 RepliesI have been working on creating a windows service. I am using XP SP3, VB.net, VS 2010 Express, compiling for .Net 4.0 client profile. I have am using very rudimentary code templates that I've cobbled together.I have a class the inherits 'ServiceBase' and overrides the constructor, 'OnStart', and 'OnStop'. I also have another class in another .vb file in the same project that inherits from 'System. Configuration. Install. Installer' and overrides the constructor to add a 'ServiceInstaller' and a 'ServiceProcessInstaller' with the appropriate properties set for the service. The 'ServiceInstaller.ServiceName' is set to the same name as the service class and the installer class has the 'RunInstallerAttribuite (True)'attribute. Everything compiles and if I try to run the exe I get a message telling me it's a service and needs to be installed as such. but when I use installutil(.net 4) to install the service, it appears as though it was successful, but the service does not show up in the services list and I can't find registry entries for it either. I've checked the exe with the object browser and it presents the installer class with the 'RunInstaller Attribute' as it should. I included some code to create a file in the installer constructor and no file is created so I'm assuming that the installer class is never instantiated by installutil.
View 4 RepliesWe are using a Windows 7 virtual machine as a testing platform for our VB 6 application. Th application utilizes an Access database.The application locates the database by looking at a configuration (ini) file.When I install the application on the virtual machine, it places a database where InstallShield directs it to and writes that path to the ini file. All well and good.However,somehow a second copy of the database is created in a user local folder.
If the user uses the "run as administrator" option, the application uses the database that is in the location designated in the ini file and that works fine. But if the user does not select the "run as administrator" option, the application apparently somehow attempts to use the local database and is unable to locate it.
Is this behavior is peculiar to the virtual machine, or is it something we need to be concerned about on "real" Windows 7 systems?If it is peculiar to the virtual machine, is there some way to get the virtual machine to behave more normally?
i running into an error when installing a windows service that i have created in vb .net. i followed the tutorial but i am getting an error. bellow is the log for the whole process until we get to the error. can someone please assist.
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I created a simple windows service on my local PC and added the following code to it [code]...
Next I added a Setup project to this solution and added a custom action (By double clicking application folder then clicking add output folder then selecting primary output from the dialog). The solution builds fine but I have 2 problems.
1) Everytime I install the service, it asks me for the username, password and confirm password; I was wondering if there was anyway to get rid of it atleast while running locally. I tried setting the account type to user, local service, local system etc but it keeps popping up.
2) Once I enter the credentials (random ones), I get an error "No mapping between account names and security ids was done".
I have had some success making a windows service but I can�t seem to fix a simple issue
I can get the service to run through my code once, but I can�t get it to loop, well I can but then the service will not start correctly and just times out while the code is running.
How can I get the service to start and then loop, at the moment it just says starting service and the code is looping but the service wont start! Windows times it out after a few mins.
Public Class WwService
Dim sDate As Date
Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection
[Code].....
Account Type for installing a windows service
View 1 RepliesError in installing Windows service using instllutil.exe in vb.net
View 10 RepliesI new to .net My project involves developing a windows service application using VB .NET. I have installed the service successfuly on the first attempt using the installutil provided by the frame work.When i uninstalled the application the it gave me the following result.
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service does not exist as an installed serviceAn exception occurred while uninstalling. This exception will be ignored and the uninstall will continue. However, the application might not be fully uninstalled after the uninstall is complete.
The uninstall has completed.
When i tried to install the app again it gave me the following error
An exception occurred during the Install phase.System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service already exists
I removed the application from the list of application event log entries in the registry(HKEYLOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesEventLogApplication) ant tried installing the app agin it installed successfully. Why is uninstalling the service not removing the entry from the registry.
We are installing our application on windows 7. The application utlizes a Acces database. The application locates the database by looking in the registry under at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / WOW6432NODE / COMPANY NAME / SOFTWARE NAME /STARTUP. When i install the application on windows 7 it places the a database where installshield directs it to and writes the path to the registry. However, somehow local copies of the database are showing up under the user profiles. (Example: c:/users/profilename/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program FIles (X86)/Company/SoftwareName/Data). We recently changed it to store the information in c:/ProgramData/Company/software however the same issue occurs and its creating local copies of the database and when the application runs it points to the local copy of the database. What we need is for all users to be pointed to and use the same database in ProgramData, is there something we are missing to accomplish this?
View 10 RepliesI have a windows service that I've written in vb.net using vs 2008 targeting ASP.NET 3.5. It appears that it's installing in a running state, but with the start mode set to manual. Is there a way I can have the service be initially stopped? I assume that it would be something in my service installer, but haven't been able to find it.
View 4 RepliesI have windows7 home premium 64bit edittion, I use VB6 and VS2008. I recently install Win7 SP1 in my machine but after installing the SP1 my old VB6 application is working fine in my pc but compiled exe files are not working in other windows XP machine, then I uninstall WIndows7 Sp1 from my PC and again compile the old vb6 application, now i notice that this exe is working file in all other pc. is there any way to use win7 sp1 with vb6 ??
View 1 RepliesThere are problems installing an application developed in VB6 that accesses SQL Server on Windows 7?
View 1 RepliesIf my understanding is correct, Win 2000 only supports .NET 2.0 Framework. I am using VB2008 Express to write an app that I would like to install but I believe VB2008 Express utilizes the .NET 3.5 Framework.
Is there a way to compile my app so that it only requires the .NET 2.0 Framework? Or, more directly, is there a way to install apps written with VB2008 Express onto PC's running Windows 2000?
I created a program and published it using the wizard through the "Property" in menu.
When I used the Published program to Install it in my same computer it got installed in "StartMenu".
I didn't get the option to select the Drive for Installing it like what we get when installing other program.
how to make that option to appear on installing the program?
I have a Deployment project which creates an MSI setup file to install a service. (VB .NET) I have a reference to another project which is a win form application and has a setup form which takes the user name, password and some other settings information which will be used by a service. It has "Finish" and "Cancel" buttons. I am creating a new instance of this form on Sub New() of the ProjectInstaller Class, so user can input information, click Finish and installation completes. The service is then automatically started. Now, when I click Cancel on the settings form, I am not able to exit out and halt the installation process. Instead it installs the service !! How can I use the Rollback or Uninstall methods to do the task? I was trying this -
On cancel_click, set boolean var cacelStatus = True
On Sub New() method of ProjectInstaller class, I am checking - If true - uninstall, else - install
How can I achieve this?
Visual basic setup stops half way on windows 7 - also get fatal error on installing .net framework 4
View 1 RepliesI'm running Windows 7 Pro and am trying to install Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate from a zip drive. When I double-click on the "setup.exe" app, I get the following popup errors (see attached screenshots).
I would think there would be no compatability issues but that's just me!
i want to download VS2010 Beta can i download it normally without having any problems in my VS 2008 Pro edition?or do i need to unistall it first?
View 2 RepliesA program that I'm slated to release, is (Hopefully with help) going to contain Auto-Updating.I've tried publishing using the microsoft Publishing that's offered in VS 2010, but i keep getting errors.I have an unlimited space FTP at my disposal, and i was hoping to do it through that.[code]Or, is there a better way to do Updating and Downloading? Also, for the First run, i would like it to be in an installer.
View 10 RepliesI have Visual Studio 2010 Professional, version
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Version 10.0.30319.1 RTMRel
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.0.30319 RTMRelMy Labtop runs WinXpSp3 Pro, version
5.1.2600 SP3 Build 2600
Physical Mem 1024 MB
Processor X86, Intel 1862 MhzVS installation did not have Crsytal Reports, so i downloaded this single file from [here] as shown in the photo:After installation completed, i could not find the crystal reports any where in the VB2010, so i changed the .Net Frame work from Client profile to .Net framework 4.0 as i found in some blogs, but still did not solve the problem any how.[URL]..
i want a step by step answer iam familiar with vb6 not with vb2010
View 6 RepliesI've been having a problem since installing the first beta of Visual Studio 2010 which has limited what i have been able to do. The problem centres around one reference: System.Design When I attempt to add the reference i get the following error: However, the System.Design.dll file actually does exist and is valid:
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I've managed to produce a simple project in vb 2010 express and to publish it onto a cd. I can install the project from the cd and run it successfully on my windows 7 machine where I developed it but trying to install it onto a windows xp machine produces the message:
"An error occurred while downloading a required file...
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