win32utils devel - Nov 2005 - Some code change suggestions of thenwin32-service package

> -----Original Message-----
> From: win32utils-devel-bounces at rubyforge.org 
> [mailto:win32utils-devel-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of 
> Park Heesob
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:16 AM
> To: Development and ideas for win32utils projects
> Subject: [Win32utils-devel] Some code change suggestions of 
> thenwin32-service package
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I''d like to suggest some code modifications and tests.
> 
> In service.c
>  line # 50 : Commet out 1 line
> //   SetTheServiceStatus(SERVICE_RUNNING, NO_ERROR, 0, 0);
> 
>  line # 260 : Insert 4 lines
>     if(rb_respond_to(self,rb_intern("service_init"))){
>        rb_funcall(self,rb_intern("service_init"),0);
>     }
>     SetTheServiceStatus(SERVICE_RUNNING, NO_ERROR, 0, 0);
> 
> In Ruby source
>   Insert ''service_init'' method for initialization
> 
> I tested with long initialization and it worked fine.
> 
>    def service_init
>      for i in 1..10
>          File.open("c:\\test2.log","a+"){ |f|
f.puts("#{i}") }
>          sleep 10
>      end
>    end
> 
> I think it is not a perfect solution but at least better than 
> the current 
> verison.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Park Heesob
This looks reasonable.  Did we still want to use
SetTheServiceStatus(SERVICE_START_PENDING, NO_ERROR, checkpoint, 0)
somewhere during initialization, or does the creation of a service_init
method eliminate the need for it?

Thanks,

Dan