(RADIATOR) Radiator as NT service

[Michael Audet]

On my Windows 2000 server I am running Radiator as a service using
SRVANY.exe that then launches radiator.  You should be able to find
documenation on how to set things up via SRVANY.exe via the web.

Off the top of my head here is what I did to get it to become a service:

1: Install the windows resource kit
2: Copy SRVANY.exe to your c:\radiator dir
3: Create a .cmd file in the radiator directory that will launch radiator
for you:
For example you might create a file called "Radnow.cmd" and it contains
"c:\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\radiator\radiusd -config_file
c:\radiator\configs\yourconfig.txt"
4: do  " Instsrv radiator c:\radiator\srvany.exe"
that creates a service called radiator on the machine
5: Reg edit  Hkey local machine, system, current control set, services,
radiator
6: Under the radiator key (on the left side of the reg window) create a
folder called "Parameters"
7: click on Parameters, and on the right side of the regedit window you want
to create a new string called "Application"
8:  Edit application and put in the command to launch radiator.  Example:
c:\radiator\radnow.cmd
9: Create another string on the right side called "AppDirectory"
10: edit appdirectory and put in the path to the radiator cmd file.
Example:  c:\radiator

Exit the reg...  Kill any running copies of radiator.
Go to control panel and edit the radiator service settings.
Put a check next to "Interact with desktop"
Launch the Radiator service.

If the service fails to start...  make sure PERL.exe is not running some
place in the background.  Kick up Task Manager and kill Perl.exe if it is.
Then try restarting the service.

If you start the service you should see the radiator window pop up.  If you
kill the window.. the service will still think its started.. so you would
have to stop the service manually.    What does that mean?  Well if you
Telnet into the box and do Net start and see the radiator service is
started.. it doesn't always mean it is.  It could be possible that someone
killed your window on you and windows doesnt know the window is dead.

Good luck.

-Michael Audet
Chubb & Son
maudet at chubb.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Wirring Trimble Center Danmark" <ew at trimble.dk>
To: <hugh at open.com.au>
Cc: <radiator at open.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Radiator as NT service


> Hello Hugh
>
> That have I thought too, so I have tried to move from C:\program
files\radiator-demo-2.18 to C:\Radius
> but I get the error message still!
>
> best regards
> erik
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hugh Irvine" <hugh at open.com.au>
> To: "Erik Wirring Trimble Danmark" <ew at trimble.dk>
> Cc: <radiator at open.com.au>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:10 AM
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Radiator as NT service
>
>
> >
> > Hello Erik -
> >
> > I have a vague recollection that spaces (" ") in file names cause
problems.
> > Could that be the problem?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> > On Thursday 14 June 2001 17:04, Erik Wirring Trimble Danmark wrote:
> > > Hello Hugh
> > >
> > > I have specified full path names both in the registry and in the
config
> > > file:
> > >
> > > ******** Registry ********************
> > > C:\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\program files\radiator-demo-2.18\radiusd
> > > -config_file c:\program files\radiator-demo-2.18\gpsnet.cfg
> > >
> > > ************** Config file ********************
> > > Foreground
> > > LogStdout
> > > LogDir  c:/Program Files/Radiator-Demo-2.18
> > > DbDir c:/Program Files/Radiator-Demo-2.18
> > > # User a lower trace level in production systems:
> > > *******************
> > >
> > > The config file should be OK since in works when Radiator is started
in
> > > application mode.
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Erik Wirring
> > > Email: ew at trimble.dk
> > > http://GPSnet.dk  The Eletronic Referencenet of Denmark
> > >
> > > > Hello Erik -
> > > >
> > > > You usually have to specify full path names for the Radiator
executable
> > > > as well as for the configuration file, as an NT service does not
have the
> > > > same idea of a PATH that a user has.
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > >
> > > > Hugh
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday 14 June 2001 00:38, Erik Wirring Trimble Danmark wrote:
> > > > > Hello
> > > > >
> > > > > I try to start my demo version of Radator as a NT service. When at
push
> > > > > the start botton I gets an error message saying "Error 2140 An
Internal
> > > > > Windows NT error occured". Has anybody an idea of what is wrong.
> > > > > Radiator with the same configuration file runs Ok when started
from a
> > > > > MS-DOS prompt
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Erik Wirring
> > > > > Chartered surveyor,
> > > > > Chief software engineer
> > > > >
> > > > > Email: ew at trimble.dk
> > > > > Tel. +45 7733 2257
> > > > >
> > > > > LE34 TELE A/S
> > > > > Trimble Center Danmark
> > > > > Energivej 34
> > > > > DK-2750 Ballerup
> > > > > DENMARK
> > > > >
> > > > > Tel. +45 7733 2233
> > > > > Fax. +45 7733 2299
> > > > > http://www.trimble.dk
> > > > > http.//GPSnet.dk  The Eletronic Referencenet of Denmark
> > > > >
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