py2exe and dynamic service installation ?

[Harald Schneider]

Thomas,

do I need to prepare my Python app for the use with WISE, when I want to
install it as a service? Does it need to provide a certain service API or
some special response codes ?

--Harald


"Thomas Heller" <theller at python.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:adc7hm57.fsf at python.net...
> mmillikan at vfa.com writes:
>
> > The attached diff to py2exe v.0.3.4 run_svc.c adds the following
optional
> > command line args to the users exe file:
> >
> > -service <desired name>
> > -display <display name>
> > -depends <pipe|separated|dependencies>
> > -user    <account name>
> > -pass    <password>
> > -auto    no param, sets service to autostart
> >
> > Rebuild the py2exe interpreters by running 'python setup.py build' in
> > the py2exe directory.
> >
> > This is only lightly tested and not yet used in production.
> >
> > I also have a run_svc_w.c which provides a consoleless analog to
> > run_w.c (usefull for avoiding 'flashing window syndrome' when bundling
> > exe's for use within an installer such as NSIS or Inno Setup).
>
> If you want this to be included in the next px2exe release,
> please upload it as a patch to the SF tracker:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=15583&atid=315583
>
> Myself I use Wise, which can register the service itself, so I had no
> need for this. Is a separate console version and console-less version
> needed? For debugging?
>
> Besides, I would think that eventually the best approach would be to
> rewrite PythonService.cpp (which is used by run_svc.c) in pure python
> with ctypes, but currently I have neither a need nor time for this.
>
> Thomas