Hi, Tomcat documentation says that if tomcat is installed as service, it doesn't show up the console. But in my case this doesn't hold true. Again if the console is required for std out/err, then redirecting them to file etc wont help to display the console?
Really is there not any way out? On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Mladen Turk <mt...@apache.org> wrote: > On 04/11/2011 07:01 AM, Amit k wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I actually tried that option. I know it works but under one situation it >> fails. When your application require tomcat to interact with desktop it >> fails and in my case, application in tomcat interacts with Desktop through >> JNI call. So I cant use this option. >> >> And moreover it is required to be done with script and not manually. >> >> Hope someone has solution for this problem or specifically for scenario. >> >> > Usually services and desktop interaction are mutually exclusive. > What happens when you boot the box and no user is present. > > It might work with XP, but making it work with Vista+ is > almost impossible cause services run in a different session. > > Console window will be shown (not with older versions of > Commons Daemon, so that's why an older 5.5 didn't pop-up) > because it is needed for stdout/stderr redirection since > we explicitly call 'AllocConsole' which isn't displayed > with services cause services don't have GUI. > "Interact with desktop" usage is strongly discouraged since > you need some pretty complex stuff to make it work. > See: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > We have a sort of service interaction (for making thread dumps) > but this is done via an mutex registered to a Global session. > (Basically a sort of IPC) > > So I'd suggest you modify your application to use some sort > of IPC to communicate between the service and desktop processes > like suggested by MSDN. > > > > Regards > -- > ^TM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
