ActiveX EXE as a service...

As of today, I'm running a VB6 application which also
exposes a com-interface as a service under Win2000 AS.

I'm using an application called SrvAny to set up and
run my app as a system service.

I feel rather unconfortable with this solution, as the
behaviour is sometimes a little unstable.

Sometimes it is impossible to shut it down. And sometimes
it stops reacting. I've found no pattern to this behaviour.

VB (and my app) isn't excactly made for service development.

Question:
How (if possible) do I write my App so it can be installed
natively as a windows service, without resoring to "wrapper"
applications like SrvAny.exe?

Is it anything inherent in VB that can make the problems I
describe above?

The reason for running it as a service, is that it is a server
application that needs to be restarted after an eventual power-
failure, even if nobody is there to log in. (The start-folder,
and the "run" key in registry is only executed when someone
logs in).

Any thoughts or ideas?

and BTW... March 1. i need it to run flawlessly on Windows 2003
Server...

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Dag.


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