Registering tnameserv as a windows service

Question

Hi,
Could anyone help me on registering and starting tnameserv as a windows service.
Any help would be very very helpful.
Regards,
Hayath

Answer 1

Here is code I have written to do this. It is deployed using the wrapper utility (see http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org), and I am including the wrapper config file that I use. You need to have the tnameserv.exe executable and tools.jar available - I simply deploy them in the same directory as the jar file I build form the cod below.
This may not be very elegant, but it works, and is in use on a daily basis in live newspaper publishing sites that use our software, so it works well.
Here is the code, which I provide as is with no liabilities etc.:
import java.io.*;
public class corbaasservice {
public static void main(String arguments[]) {
try {
String tnameservpath = "./tnameserv.exe";
if (arguments.length > 0) tnameservpath=arguments[0];
startCorbaThread(tnameservpath);
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
static SetantaThread setanta;
private static void startCorbaThread(String tnameservpath) throws IOException {
setanta = new SetantaThread(tnameservpath);
setanta.start();
class shutdowncorbaasservice extends Thread {
private SetantaThread setanta;
public shutdowncorbaasservice(SetantaThread s) {
setanta = s;
public void run() {
try {
Process tnameservProcess = setanta.getTnameservProcess();
tnameservProcess.destroy();
System.out.println("CORBA As Service interrupted");
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// we do this to make it possible to start the program as a Windows Service without problems
// using a separate thread, prevents the service manager locking up if the startup time is too long
class SetantaThread extends Thread {
private String tnameservPath;
private Process tnameservProcess;
public SetantaThread(String path) {;
tnameservPath = path;
tnameservProcess = null;
public Process getTnameservProcess() { return tnameservProcess; }
public void run() {
int status = 0;
try {
System.out.println("CORBA As Service starting");
Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new shutdowncorbaasservice(this));
tnameservProcess = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(tnameservPath);
status = tnameservProcess.waitFor();
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
finally {
System.out.println("CORBA As Service exiting with status: "+status);
Here is the wrapper configuration file I use. You can install the service by running the wrapper progam with this config file:.
wrapper.java.command=java
wrapper.java.maxmemory=128
wrapper.java.mainclass=com.silveregg.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp
wrapper.app.parameter.1=corbaasservice
wrapper.java.classpath.1=./corbaasservice.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.2=./wrapper.jar
wrapper.java.classpath.3=./tools.jar
wrapper.java.library.path=.
wrapper.port=1777
wrapper.startup.timeout=300
wrapper.ping.timeout=300
wrapper.shutdown.timeout=300
wrapper.disable_shutdown_hook=TRUE
wrapper.request_thread_dump_on_failed_jvm_exit=TRUE
wrapper.ntservice.name=CORBAServices
wrapper.ntservice.displayname=CORBA Services
wrapper.ntservice.description=Provide CORBA Services for Java Applications
wrapper.ntservice.starttype=AUTO_START
wrapper.ntservice.process_priority=NORMAL
Hope this helps,
Colin Manning
Setanta-Media Limited