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hayling
16 years ago

Running SoapUI as a Windows service

Hello,

I'm attempting to run soapUI as a service in Windows Server 2003 so that if I log out of my account, SoapUI continues to run in the background. Multiple users use this machine, but I want to run my mock service 24/7 without interferance even if there are no users logged into the box.

I have already configured soapui-3.0.1.exe to run as a service in Windows using Windows Kit Tools (srvany.exe), but I am unable to see or control the GUI when using this method. I know that GUI's are not supposed to be run as a Windows service, so I was hoping to get some help with this.

Any ideas would be helpful!

Thanks

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  • HackerHuff's avatar
    HackerHuff
    16 years ago
    That is the problem with running apps as a service. Sometimes if you are logged on using the same user ID that you used to run the service you can see the GUI. Most services have a sperate GUI app to control a parameter file that the app reads while it is running.