[AWS] Running AWS-using code on new Windows system: what about Services?

[Pascal Obry]

Jocelyn,

> In order for code using the AWS Web server to run automatically, do I need
> to register it as a service somehow? Or must the user always execute a
> batch file to start it? For example, suppose we had a program like the
> demo hello_world but that doesn't stop after 60 seconds:  how would we
> ensure it starts whenever Windows is started?

This is possible (I've done this) but not that easy.

See demos/runme_[info/service/control].ad[sb] packages.

You'll need to get the Windows Services API Ada	binding from Ted
Dennison see AWS's readme.txt.

Pascal.

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