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The NT service version is installed in the same folder as the standard GUI version of the software. But you will need to install it manually so that it can be controlled by the Service Control Manager (SCM), available on NT4 and Win2K boxes. Please be aware that this is still a beta version of the service application. If you have any problems with it please let us know! The file you'll need to install as a service is called "GDataPipeNT.exe". It can be found in the folder where you installed the application. The icon for it looks like the one below:
The fastest way to install (and uninstall) the service is as follows: Installing e.g. "GDataPipeNT /INSTALL" Uninstalling e.g. "GDataPipeNT /UNINSTALL" If successful you'll get a message telling you it was uninstalled successfully. You may also need to set some permissions as to when it's allowed to run, and any dependencies you might require for it to start properly. This is beyond the scope of this text, but in our tests, logged in with Administrator privileges, we didn't experience any problems. Please be aware that uninstalling a service before stopping it won't always remove it from the SCM list. However, it will be marked to be deleted, so you'll probably have to log off and on again to make it disappear. The configuration is done with another utility expressly written for this purpose, check out the program help for details on how to use it. It is assumed that you know both how to stop and start an NT service using the NT Service Control Manager. The service version logs its information by default, so that you can tell what is going on. The log file is created automatically in the program directory, and is called (what else?) "log.txt". In it, you'll see details of how many days remaining you have, if it's registered, and who it's registered to, as well as details of when it was started, stopped, sockets that were created, etc. Because the NT service version is still in beta, we've not yet included configuration options enabling you to change the log file's name and location out, but these will be put in for a later release. A sample log file is shown below: 20/02/2002 16:53:52
->================================= Admittedly, it's a little contrived, for demonstration purposes, but you get the idea. In the unregistered version, only the first 3 sockets will start up, any others in the list after those 3 will be ignored. The registered version has no such restrictions. If you have a registered version of GDataPipe application, the service version will pick up that registration code, so existing users need not worry about re-registering their software or applying for new registration codes. Please check out the help file that comes with the package for more information, or you can download it here (Compiled HTML Help (.chm) format). Click the "Back" button on your browser to return |
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