--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "jefersonlucio"
<jefersonlucio@...> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I am a student of IT, and as part of my project of probation, I

need

> to develop a service that is active in computer memory, listening

for

> data on a particular UDP port. The language I was chosen is Borland
> Delphi 7. In Windows XP, simply create a service and install it,

works

> perfectly well.
>
> However, some computers that I need to run this program are Windows
> 98, and do not support services of Windows XP, in this case, I

compile

> the program as an single executable without any window, and put to
> start in the key
>

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServi
ces

> registry of the Windows 98. However, when a user logon and logoff,

the

> Windows 98 finishes the program, taking it from memory, the

executable

> does not survive the logoff process.
>
> I know that some anti-virus programs and Firebird, are able to

survive

> Windows 98 logoff, without being finalized, I would like a tip

from,

> how to achieve this behaviour, so that I finish my work,
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Jeferson.
>

Does FB actually survive a logoff on W98?

IIRC, W98 still supported TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) but I've
no idea whether this would work for you.

Michael D. Spence
Mockingbird Data Systems, Inc.