SampleService service could not be started

[goropad]

I've chosen JavaService to be tool for running my java application as NT service.

but, I didn't manage to start sample service I've got in installation package.

by starting TestSampleService.bat I get this in console:
.
The SampleService service is starting.
The SampleService service could not be started.

The service did not report an error.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.

.
Stopping sample service... Press Control-C to abort
Press any key to continue . . .

In the Windows Event Log I found no suspicious messages, even there are those:
"The SampleService service was successfully sent a start control."
"The SampleService service entered the running state"
"The SampleService service entered the stopped state"
but I didnt manage to start SampleService at all..

javaservice.log file.. I found there those lines for running SampleService.bat:

***** Start of new JavaService log session *****
Invoking Windows Service, register service control dispatcher
ServiceMain function invoked, with one argument, service name (SampleService)
Created ProcessGlobals singleton instance
Logging service event start[ed] event (starting now)...
logEventMessage (type #1073741828) : SampleService1073741828
Creating thread (StartServiceThread)
logEventMessage (type #1073741829) : SampleService1073741829
Service Main waiting for event flags to be set
Start Service Thread invoked
Start Service Thread setting current directory to 'D:\Sole-ws\JavaService\dl\JavaService-src-2.0.7.64\javaservice\bin'
Start Service Thread starting the java service...
StartJavaService(serviceParams)
logFunctionError: LoadLibrary
logFunctionMessage: LoadLibrary:The specified module could not be found.

logEventMessage (type #-1073737728) : Could not load the Java Virtual Machine.-1073737728
logEventMessage (type #-1073737728) : C:\Program-1073737728
StartJavaService failed
Start Service Thread failed
logEventMessage (type #-1073737726) : SampleService-1073737726
***** End of JavaService log session *****

and, in debug mode, starting JavaServiceDebug.exe i got this:

***** Start of new JavaService log session *****
Invoking Windows Service, register service control dispatcher
Service control dispatcher registration failed!
logFunctionError: StartServiceCtrlDispatcher
logFunctionMessage: StartServiceCtrlDispatcher:Overlapped I/O operation is in progress.

***** End of JavaService log session *****

I also fond those messages in Event Viewer/Application, while strarting debug mode:
chronically:
The SampleService service is being started.
The SampleService service has been started.
The LoadLibrary function failed for the following reason: The specified module could not be found.

Could not load the Java Virtual Machine.
C:\java\1.5.15\\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
The SampleService service failed to start.
The StartServiceCtrlDispatcher function failed for the following reason: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress.

Reds are Errors, and black are Informations..

Anybody have an idea what I should do?

Do you have proposal of another free/gpl/cheap solution for this?

thanks

[danielstoner]

How do you try to run your application with JavaService? To run your Java application as NT service the JVM will be loaded as a DLL in a native application. So you need to be able to access jvm.dll.
From what I see in your errors your code tries to use the JRE. I don't think jvm.dll comes with the JRE. I think you need to point your JAVA_HOME environment variable to the JDK or copy the jvm.dll by hand. Hope this helps.

[goropad]

Code:

setlocal
@rem note that if JVM not found, service 'does not report an error' when startup fails, although event logged
if "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" set JAVA_HOME=c:\java\1.5.15\
set JVMDIR=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server
set JSBINDIR=%CD%
set JSEXE=%JSBINDIR%\JavaService.exe
set SSBINDIR=%JSBINDIR%


@echo . Using following version of JavaService executable:
@echo .
%JSEXE% -version
@echo .


@echo Installing sample service... Press Control-C to abort
@pause
@echo .
%JSEXE% -install SampleService %JVMDIR%\jvm.dll -Djava.class.path=%SSBINDIR%\SampleService.jar -Xms16M -Xmx32M 

-start org.objectweb.javaservice.test.SampleService -params start memory  -stop 

org.objectweb.javaservice.test.SampleService -method serviceStop -out %JSBINDIR%\stdout.log -err 

%JSBINDIR%\stderr.log -current %JSBINDIR% -manual -description "Sample Java Service"
@echo .


@echo Starting sample service... Press Control-C to abort
@pause
@echo .
net start SampleService
@echo .

I've changed red line above:

set JVMDIR=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\client

aaaand it's workin!

is it mandatory to have %JAVA_HOME%\bin\server or something like it folder,
Is server jvm.dll different from clinet jvm.dll?

I downloaded latest 1.5 JDK and there is no any server folder..