Installing the Integration server (ISMAIN.EXE) as a windows service

This section should be completed by a systems engineer. Not all exes including e.g. ISMIAN.EXE can be run as a Windows service application on all windows platforms i.e Server 2003. Therefore, you may need to use a tool from the Windows Resources Kit that gets launched as a service then calls the Integration server Exe ISMAIN.EXE.

In order to install ISMAIN as a service you will need to do the following:

•      Download and install the Windows Resource Kit Tool from
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17657      

•      Using a DOS Command Prompt, navigate to the newly installed Resource Kit, e.g. CD c:\program files\Windows Resources Kit\Tools

•      Enter the following command: instsrv “Zavanti Integration” “c:\program files\Windows Resources Kit\Tools\srvany.exe”

•      Now check the server services control panel and look for “Zavanti Integration”, it should be launching and exe called “srvany.exe”

•      Now launch Regedit and navigate to the following location.

•      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Zavanti Integration

•      Right-Click on the service name and add a new key and call it “Parameters”

•      Now select the new Parameters key, and now create a new String called “Application” giving it a value of the full path to ismain.exe.

•      For example: “c:\program files\zavanti\erp\ismain.exe”

•      With all the above done, you should now be able to start the “ISMain Integration” service, and set it to run automatically if required