Service Start: Automatic (delayed)

[Antarctica]

Windows has the possibility to start the service with a delay.
I didn't find the to select Automatic (delayed) from the AI 14.3 Services tab.

We have to set our service to delayed, only if SQL Server is on localhost. Can we touch some property for this?

[Sorin]

Hello,

You could implement this by going to "Services" page and adding a new "Configure Operation" configured as follows:

"Service name" : Your service name
"Setting To Change" : "Time delay of an auto-start service
"Value" : 1

This will ensure the startup type for your service will be "Automatic (Delayed start)"

Best regards,
Sorin

[psimard]

this does not work for me
service still shows as automatic startup

I am configuring the service in a Merge Module

I am setting the attached service to the service binary

documentation for this is extremely limited and no use case or complete example is given


Peter

[Daniel]

Hello Peter,

We apologize for the delayed answer.

I have tested the scenario and can replicate the behavior with a merge module created by Advanced Installer. This seems to be an Advanced Installer issue indeed. A fix will be available in the future, thank you for bringing this to our attention.

As soon as the fix will be out we will notify you. Until then, as a workaround you can proceed like this:

1. open your merge module project (AIP file) in Advanced Installer
2. go to "Table Editor" page and select the "ModuleInstallExecuteSequence" table
3. add a new row like this:

• Action: MsiConfigureServices
  Sequence: 5825
  BaseAction:
  After:
  Condition: VersionNT

4. save and rebuild the MSM project and so the setup project including the MSM

This should work as expected.

All the best,
Daniel

[Catalin]

Hello,

This was fixed in version 15.4 of Advanced Installer released on October 17, 2018.

All the best,
Catalin