Running the Server Node as a Service
Use the Service command from the Options menu to configure your server node as a service.
As services are supported only by Windows 11, Windows 10, or a Windows Server version, this command is disabled if you do not have Windows permission to change the service configuration.
To install the node as a service, you must have started it as an administrator.
When you run the JADE Remote Access Program as a service, the service is started automatically when the server workstation is started up, to enable client nodes to access that JADE database. (When the utility is run as a server node, it must be started from the JADE Remote Node Access shortcut or the JADE Remote Node Access icon in your JADE program folder on the server node to initialize the JADE database before client nodes can use that database.)
You can use the Windows 11, Windows 10, or a Windows Server version Control Panel Services window to specify that the service is started manually or the Start Service command from the JADE server node window File menu. (For details, see "Starting a Service", earlier in this document.)
When a service is to be started manually, client nodes cannot access the database until the service is started, even if the server workstation is started up.
To configure your server node as a service
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Select the Service command from the Options menu.
The Service Configuration dialog, shown in the following image, is then displayed.
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Check the Run Server as Service check box if you want the server node to be run as a service.
By default, a server node is not run as a service; that is, this check box is unchecked.
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Click the OK button. Alternatively, click the Cancel button to abandon your selection.
The service is then installed and registered in the Windows 11, Windows 10, or Windows Server registry, the service with the name of the server node (for example, DevSvrNode_12) is created in automatic start-up mode, and the
- Select the Exit command from the File menu to close the JADE server node window and the JADE database. The JADE service is then started.
When the JADE Remote Access Program is run as a service, that service is connected to the database. To access the utility as a server node for administrative purposes only, double‑click the JADE Remote Node Access shortcut or click the JADE Remote Node Access icon in your JADE program folder on the server node when the service is running. (In administration mode, you cannot connect to the database, as that connection is currently used by the service.)
Any changes that you make in administration mode update your JADE initialization file but do not update the service until that service is closed and then restarted. (To close a service, select the service from the Windows Control Panel Services utility window and then click the Stop button.)
