VB can not be used alone as a service. If you get the NT Resource kit, it
has a stub service that acts as a wrapper for your VB app. You can also look
at Dan Appleman's web site at www.desaware.com it has volumes of information
on this topic and tools to get it done.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rekha [mailto:reksit@h...]
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 20:21
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] Convert VB .exe to a service safely?


Hi All,

How can I convert a vb .exe file into a service safely? I read various
articles on the topic, but am scared to experiment directly coz of the
registry issue. Can somebody please tell me how I can do this safely? How
can I take the backup of registry?

I read 2 good articles by Chris J Duke. I have downloaded the source code
from microsoft website. But dont know how I can get started.

Any input on this is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Rekha.