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

[Jocelyn Paine]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Pascal Obry wrote:

> 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.
>
I suppose an easier method would be to make Windows execute a batch file
that starts it whenever Windows restarts. Have any of you Windows
AWS users on the list experience with deploying AWS-based servers?

> Pascal.
>
Jocelyn