2009-08-16 11:23:59 UTC
If you are able to install and start the service you have the 'FileWatcherWindowsService.exe'.
To clarify the process of installing this service.
To install the service you need the fwws_x.x.x.x_bin.zip (File Watcher Windows Service) (all 'bin.zip' files are compiled and ready to run) and for creating XML configuration files with GUI you need fws_x.x.x.x_bin.zip (File Watcher Simple). The FileWatcherUtilities_x.x.x.x.zip contains source code only and you shouldn't use it if you don't really want to compile code by your self.
When you have installed the service successfully so that shows in services you need to copy or create XML configuration files for the service to do anything meaningfull. If there is no XML configuration files in the 'C:\FileWatcherWindowsService' installation directory (this depends on where you install the service), the service stops with error 'Service cannot be started. System.InvalidOperationException: No enabled file watchers. ...' This can be seen from the event log.
Now the second thing to do as I said before is to create or copy XML configuration files to the services installation directory. The service will read the XML configuration files from that directory. To create a new set of XML configuration files I recommend using File Watcher Simple since it has a GUI for doing that kind of thing. You may also test the configuration with File Watcher Simple since it behaves the same way as the service. After you are ready to process to copying of the files, copy the 'fwatcher.xml' and 'fwatcher.xsd' from the File Watcher Simple's root directory to the services installation directory. After that you may start the service (it should keep running until you stop it) and see the fwatcher.log (from the services installation directory once againt) for any results.
