Hello,

a customer is using an older application with V2.12.
Now he wants me to make a new application. This application should read some information from a DBISAM V2.12 database, generate an email, send this email. If success, it writes some information back to the database. This application should run as a service, not application, on a Windows 2003  or 2008 machine.

Since the use of V2.12 and compatibility to the old application D5 must be used.

What i want to know, if there are things to have in mind to work with V2.12 and D5 in a service. Any hints for me?
Thank you.

Thomas

> a customer is using an older application with V2.12.
> Now he wants me to make a new application. This application should read some information from a DBISAM V2.12 database,
generate an email, send this email. If success, it writes some information back to the database. This application should
run as a service, not application, on a Windows 2003  or 2008 machine.
>
> Since the use of V2.12 and compatibility to the old application D5 must be used.
>
> What i want to know, if there are things to have in mind to work with V2.12 and D5 in a service. Any hints for me?

The only problem I am aware of is that some sorting changed from XP/2003 to Vista/2008.  It does not affect Tables with
ANSI Standard Language. With other languages running in compatability mode worked OK.

Is the application servicing clients?  If not why does it need to run as a service?  If it a scheduled process, which
needs to operate without a user logged on, I would be tempted to write it as a normal app and use the Windows Task
Schedular to run it.

John

"John Hay" wrote:
The only problem I am aware of is that some sorting changed from XP/2003 to Vista/2008.  It does not affect Tables with
ANSI Standard Language. With other languages running in compatability mode worked OK.

Is the application servicing clients?  If not why does it need to run as a service?  If it a scheduled process, which
needs to operate without a user logged on, I would be tempted to write it as a normal app and use the Windows Task
Schedular to run it.

John>>>

The Admin says, the machine will reboot its self under some circumstances. And after boot no user is logged in, so it would not be able to run it as an application. I don't know as much as i should (as i see here) from Windows Server configuration.
But i will make him the proposal of the scheduled process.

Thank you.

Thomas,

<< What i want to know, if there are things to have in mind to work with
V2.12 and D5 in a service. Any hints for me? >>

Not that I'm aware of - you should be able to just start a new Service
Application in D5 and pop in your code as necessary.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com