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Adding a Service to the Destination Computer
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Application files that can be installed as a service are: .EXE, .VXD, .SYS, or .386.
You can add a service to an installation from Installation Expert or Setup Editor.
After you add a service, you can set options to start, stop, and delete services on the
destination computer.
See
Controlling Services on the Destination
To add a service
1.
Select Installation Expert > Files page.
2.
From Current Feature, select a feature or condition. (Because any item you add
must be assigned to a specific feature, you cannot add an item when All Features
is selected.)
Items that you add to a feature are installed on the destination computer only if the
feature is installed.
Items that you add to a condition are installed only if the feature is installed and the
condition is true.
3.
Add the file that runs the service. Application files that can be installed as a service
are: .EXE, .VXD, .SYS, or .386.
4.
Do one of the following:
Select Installation Expert > Services page.
From Current Feature, select a feature or condition.
Click Add at the right of the page and select Create Service.
On the Features or Components tab in Setup Editor, right-click a feature or
component and select New > Service.
The Select File dialog box appears, which displays only the files that are associated
with the currently-selected feature. The left list box displays the directory structure
of the installation, and the right list box displays files in the selected directory.
5.
Select a file in the right list box and click OK.
The Create Service Details dialog box appears.
6.
Complete the dialog box:
The options you set on the Create Service Details dialog box are dependent on how
you coded your service. Some of the options correspond to options in the Services
application. For details, see ServiceInstall Table in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Service Name
Enter the name of the service. This name is used internally by the service to
register itself properly in the registry, so this value must match the internal
name of the service that's stored within the application file. You can see the
internal name in Windows Task Manager or the SCList Windows utility.
Display Name
The name that appears in the Services application.
Description
Enter a description for the service. This appears only in the Windows Services
application.
Assembling an Installation
Computer.
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