Install a Windows Service

Install a Windows Service.

Note:This software is available as a pre-release.

Chilkat Module for Perl 5.8.*

Chilkat Module for Perl 5.10.*

use chilkat;

$service = new chilkat::CkService();

#  To install a Windows service, three bits of information
#  are needed:
#  1) The EXE filepath of the service executable.
#  2) The Service name.
#  3) The Service display name.

$service->put_ExeFilePath("c:\MyService\MyService.exe");
$service->put_ServiceName("MyService");
$service->put_DisplayName("My Cool Service");

$success = $service->Install();
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to install service." . "\n";
    print $service->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Windows Service Installed!" . "\n";