Running BiblioWeb server as a Windows service

The BiblioWeb server that comes with Biblioscape installation can be run as both a regular Windows application and a Windows service. Although you can put it into the startup folder and let it run automatically when logging in to your PC,  you need to login to your PC in order for it to run. If you need to install BiblioWeb on a PC shared by several users, you may prefer to make BiblioWeb run as Windows service. When running as Windows service, the BiblioWeb server will be started automatically after a reboot; you don't need to log into your system in order to start it, and user login and logoff won't affect the service. If you are not familiar with the Windows service feature, click here to learn more about it.

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 "BiblioWeb" 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 button. 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 "BiblioWeb.exe" under the BiblioWeb folder of your Biblioscape installation. Click the Next button, and then click "Finish" 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 in to Windows. To remove BiblioWeb from scheduled tasks, just delete it from the list.

Windows 2000/XP

To install BiblioWeb as a Windows service, go to "Start | Run". Enter the path of BiblioWeb.exe by clicking on the "Browse" button. Add " /install" at the end. For example: "C:\Program Files\Biblioscape 5\BiblioWeb\BiblioWeb.exe /install". The service won't start automatically after installation. You can go to the Windows service manager to start it. The service will be automatically started when you restart the computer. To remove BiblioWeb from Windows services, replace the " /install" with " /uninstall".

Note: When running BiblioWeb as a Windows service, you can still run BiblioWeb as a regular Windows application to change settings. The changes made won't be applied until you reboot the computer or restart the BiblioWeb service.