Controlling Non-GUI Client Application Services

You can run a non‑GUI client application as a service only under Windows Enterprise. See also "Service Management", in the JADE Platform Differences Guide. JADE does not currently supply a facility to control the order in which services are started or stopped when the host computer is booted.

If a non-GUI application is started before the database, a message is recorded in the JADE log file.

If you want to install multiple non-GUI client applications as services on the same host, you must have a separate JADE initialization file for each non‑GUI client application service, because the service installation process must update a unique NodeName, NodeNameDescription, and RunAsService parameter in the [NonGuiClient] section of the initialization file.

When you have installed a non‑GUI client application as a service, you can then control the service by using standard Windows features.

To control an installed service using Windows Enterprise features

Use the Services dialog to start and stop the service. In Windows Enterprise, select the Administrative Tools Control Panel applet and then select the Services applet from the Administrative Tools window that is displayed.

The following image shows an example of the Services window.

The non-GUI client application name is the value of the NodeNameDescription parameter in the [NonGuiClient] section of the JADE initialization file or specified in the jadclient program command.
Use the standard Windows Enterprise Control Panel Services window to specify that you want the service to be started manually or to start or stop an installed service.
Issue the net start or net stop command from a command prompt.