Application As Service 3.0.0.67 is a Desktop Utility product from softinfinity.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Application As Service enables you to run any software as a Windows Service, using a simple interface that lets you select the file to run, set service properties, optional dependencies and other details. You can also choose to run additional applications before or after the service is started/stopped, define custom environment variables and more. The software can optionally redirect STDIN and STDOUT to file for console application.
Application as Service is an advanced system utility which lets you not only to run any application software executable as Windows service but to create and manage system services locally or on any remote computer as well, benefiting from all of the advantages native Windows services provide.
Application as Service ensures that your software launched as service will:
* run locally or on remote PC over network or Internet
* run at specific time or date (back up tool, scheduler, etc)
* restart on power failures or software crashes (client-server utilities, databases, etc) automatically
* run at the predefined order (follows the service it depends upon)
* start prior to user logon (monitoring tools, surveillance utilities, etc) and even above the WinLogon screen (not in Vista, sorry)
* run on the desktop which you specify (screensaver, etc)
* be executed with specified user rights and priority
Unlike standard services which, per se, are non-interactive and run in background, programs started by our utility can respond to user-generated events (mouse clicks, keyboard buttons, etc).
Application as Service offers additional options such as advanced recovery (restart the service your software is started by; restart computer; launch supplementary application), sophisticated dependencies mechanism, pre-service/port-service software start-up, grant your software certain rights/priority, "consistent-application-crash" protection, forceful software exit, graceful console software exit, on-the-fly start-up customization and lots more.
Application as Service is naturally a command line driven application. The graphical user interface it provides is a front-end to console software which helps you grasp the overwhelming number of options and simplifies the whole process of installing and launching your software as service. Alternatively, you can install and start services using XML configuration file which guarantees simple integration and extensibility of Application as Service outstanding features into your own software (OEM license only).
Finally, this program provides all possible functionality needed to run software as services you may think of, simplifying system administration chores and program development.
What's new:
* Improved: window parameters are now applied for console applications when "Console Program Stop" option is enabled
* Improved: the name of the software is now always shown in the header of the launched console applications
* Improved: "Program Parameters" field now correctly holds single quotation marks
Full features list:
* Run any software (32/64-bit and console ones) as Windows service
* Create and manage system services in few clicks
* Easily connect to remote PC over local network or Internet and manage all remote services like your own
* Run software before users login into their accounts
* Run your software interactively or silently
* Schedule your service to run at the exact time and periodically on the defined day of the week/month/year
* Minimize downtime by auto-restarting software once it is crashed
* Advanced service dependencies mechanism allows you to run applications at the certain order
* Define Load Order Group which your software belongs to
* Restrict/grant your software with execution rights by specifying user account name under which it is run
* On-the-fly service start-up type customization
* Gracefully close console and Windows applications
* Close various popup windows that your software might display
* Specify the process priority for your software (Real time/High/Above normal/Normal/Below normal/Low)
* Define CPU binding for multi-processor PCs
* Conveniently supply additional options and system environment variables for console and Windows applications
* Run additional programs prior to the service startup, software start, stop or just after the service shutdown
* Redirect STDIN, STDOUT and STDERROR streams to or from the file for console application
* Specify desktop on which you would like your software to run as service
* Take all benefits of multi-processor, multi-thread and 64-bit platforms
* Works under Virtual Machines (VMWare and so on)
* Use XML configuration file to install the service The license of this windows utility software is Free Trial Software, the price is $79.95, you can free download and get a free trial before you buy. If you want to get a full or nolimited version of Application As Service, you can buy this windows utility software.