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diff --git a/examples/NT_Service/README b/examples/NT_Service/README deleted file mode 100644 index a1d4175e126..00000000000 --- a/examples/NT_Service/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -$Id$ - -How to use the NT_Service example. - -The NT_Service program has the following usage: -in -r -s -k -tn -d - -i: Install this program as an NT service, with specified startup - -r: Remove this program from the Service Manager - -s: Start the service - -k: Kill the service - -t: Set startup for an existing service - -d: Debug; run as a regular application - -In order to see different stages of an NT service application, -you have to run the program several times, with different options. -Please note: run with only one option at a time. - -1. Make executable NT_Service. - -2. First, you must initialize the service in the NT SCM database. - Run NT_Service with -in, where n is one of the following startup options: - - // - // Start Type (from WinNT.h) - // - #define SERVICE_SYSTEM_START 0x00000001 - #define SERVICE_AUTO_START 0x00000002 - #define SERVICE_DEMAND_START 0x00000003 - #define SERVICE_DISABLED 0x00000004 - - If only -i is specified, SERVICE_AUTO_START is default option. - -3. Now you are ready to run the actual service. Run NT_Service again, - this time with -s option. If the service starts successfully, it will - ring the system bell every second or so until the service is stopped. - -4. To stop service execution, run NT_Service with the -k option. - -5. To remove the service from the Service Control Manager database, run - NT_Service with -r. - -In addition, once you have initialized this service (by using the -i option) -you can change its startup type to one of the other values above. To do -this, run NT_Service with -tn option. n is as explained above for -i. - -In order to debug the service's execution itself, use the -d option. |