[Zope] Zope as a service on NT

[Capesius, Alan]

There are a few differences.

When using a Windows C++ class library (MFC, VCL etc.) the classes take care
of low level message handling. NT Services must implement their own message
loop.

NT Services must also implement start, stop (and pause) handling.


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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Lennart Regebro [mailto:lennart@regebro.nu]
>>>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:37 AM 
>>>To: zope@zope.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope as a service on NT
>>>
>>>
>>>From: "Jeffrey Robinson" <Jeffrey.Robinson@MCICoach.com>
>>>> I know on NT there are two ways to run Zope, either as a "standard"
>>>program,
>>>> or as a service.  For our needs, I believed the service 
>>>would be ideal;
>>>but
>>>> according to one of the admins when Zope is run as a 
>>>service it is a
>>>"hack"
>>>> that launches the "standard" way of running Zope.
>>>
>>>Uhm. Thats basically what services are...
>>>A program is a program is a program. A service is a program that runs
>>>without a windows and writes things to the NT log instead of 
>>>putting it into
>>>a stdout windows. If there are more differencies I'm not 
>>>aware of them (but
>>>I haven't considered writing a service in 3 years, so maybe I forgot
>>>something).
>>>
>>>> Personally, I had assumed that it was running in the 
>>>background like any
>>>> other NT service (maybe simply because I never saw a 
>>>console window).
>>>
>>>I'm curious to what the difference would be. :-)
>>>Services are no more "background" than anything else.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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