microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

Family Tree Mike

7/31/2008 3:50:00 PM

Look at the atached url to start a software product at startup:

http://support.microsoft.com...


"Subrato" wrote:

> Hello, Here is something I am trying to achieve. Please advice me
> what all is possible and how I go about it.
> I have an app which currently runs when someone double clicks it. Then
> in the app itself, there is a button to create a new modem connection
> (Modem is connected to serial port and modem is communicating via RS
> 232). I would like to automate the whole thing so that whenever the
> machine is started this app starts up, looks up the config file and
> see what port is selected in the config file and starts to listen on
> that port.
>
> I was thinking to make this as a service but then realized that I cant
> make it a service as I have UI for this app and I cant remove the UI
> and make it a complete Windows Service.
>
> Please advice
>
> Thanks,
> Subrato
>