Running BiblioRemote as a system service

To run the BiblioRemote server as a regular Windows application, you must be logged on to Windows. This has two disadvantages. First, other people can't use the computer because when they log on to their own accounts, BiblioRemote will stop running. Second, you can’t leave the computer with no user logged on (as you might wish to, for security reasons), because BiblioRemote will shut down when you log off. To solve this problem, you can run the BiblioRemote server as a Windows service under Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Vista.

Windows Vista

Click the Windows Start button and type "task scheduler". Select the program "Task Scheduler" to run it. Click "Action | Create Basic Task..." to add a job using the wizard. Give it a name like "BiblioRemote", and a short description. Click "Next". On the "Trigger" tab, select "When the computer starts" under "When do you want the task to start". Click  "Next". Under "What action do you want the task to perform", select "Start a program" and click the "Next" button. Click the Browse button to select "dbsrvr.exe" under the BiblioRemote directory of your Biblioscape installation. Click the Next button, and then click the Finish button to create the task. Go to the Task Scheduler main window and double click the task you have just created. Under the "General" tab, check the box "Run wether user is logged on or not". On the "Settings" tab, check off the box "Stop the task after...". Click the OK button. You will be prompted to enter a password. You have to enter a Windows account with admin privilege to make BiblioWeb run at computer startup without logging in. If you do not have the admin privilege, the task will not run until you are logged into Windows. To remove BiblioRemote from scheduled tasks, just delete it from the list.

Windows 2000/XP

To run the BiblioRemote server as a Windows service, go to "Start | Run...". Click the "Browse" button to find "dbsrvr.exe". At the end of the file path, add " /install", for example: "<installation folder>\BiblioRemote\dbsrvr.exe" /install. Then, click the OK button to install. The service will automatically start the next time you start your computer. You can also manually start or stop a service by going to Windows "Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services". The service name is "Biblioscape Database Server - DBSRVR"; right-click on it and select “Start” or "Stop". To remove the BiblioRemote server from your Windows services, first shut down the service by going to Windows "Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services". Right-click on the service name and select “Stop”. When the service has stopped, enter "...\BiblioRemote\dbsrvr.exe" /uninstall under the Windows Run command line as described above.