The Services Page

On this page you can install and control Windows native services. Only a file included in the installation can be installed as a service. Also, you can control any of the services installed on the target machine (including the ones you install yourself) by using Control Operations.

In the left-side pane you can see a tree with two branches:

• Services to Install - contains all the services to be installed by your package.
• Control Operations - contains all the control actions (like start, stop or delete) to be performed on services during installation or uninstallation.

In the right-side pane you can see the properties of a service (if a service in is selected in the left-side pane) or the parameters of a control operation (if a control operation is selected in the left-side pane).

Adding a service to install

Use the [ New Service... ] toolbar button, the "New Service Installation..." context menu item, or press the Insert key while the focus is on the "Install and Control" panel. The File Picker dialog will appear and you can select the file containing the service.

Adding a service control operation

Use the [ New Operation... ] toolbar button, the "New Control Operation..." context menu item or press the + key while the focus is on the "Install and Control" panel. This will add a service control action with default parameters.

Locating the attached component for a service or a control operation

Use the "Go To Component" tree context menu item or press the F8 key while the focus is on the "Install and Control" panel. This command will activate the Organization page with the appropriate component selected in the left tree control.

Removing a service or a control action

Use the [ Delete ] toolbar button, the "Delete" tree context menu item or press the Delete key while the focus is on the "Install and Control" panel.