Re: running app as a service - logoff user shuts down application

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Hi

Yes my app does interact with the desktop, and the appropriate check box is
checked in the service properties window.

The research I have done to date seems to indicate my app needs to handle
the CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT
but I can't seem to find anything inteligable to says how to go about this
espicially in visual basic .net





"Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]" <x-code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ePYuBIMIGHA.1192@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Rob,
>
> Does your app interact with the desktop? I just have a guess that since
> there might be no window station available after the user logging off,
> srvany might have to shut down your application if it is designed to
> interact with the user (which services should mostly never do).
>
> I might also suppose this is a srvany bug, but I have absolutely nothing
> to prove this - so what you might do is to search for a list of srvany's
> known issues.
>
> "Rob Latour" <roblatour@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eVNUJlJIGHA.596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I've set up an application to run as a service using srvany
>>
>> the application starts fine as a service when my pc is powered up
>>
>> everything stays fine when a user logs on
>>
>> however when a user logs off (with out shuting down) the application ends
>>
>> is there an event or something I can work with to prevent my application
>> (written in vb.net using vs 2005)
>> from ending when the user logs off
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>


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