Converting an interactive version of Sphinx project into a serviice

[Alexander_Pastuhov]

Sphinx has no built-in service support and the doco refers to Sparkle, but then Sparkle requires a "module" and that's where I lost the plot.

So, how do I convert an interactive project to a Windows Service?

I can create a new Sparkle project and choose Service, it creates a service framework, but then where would I define/create/plug-in and what exactly, to pass it in to Sparkle as a module?

I'd be especially interested to have both projects share sources, so I can debug it here and run there, without copying pages of code across. But it seems that the paradigms are opposite: for Sphinx, you would instead create a SparkleHttpSysDispatcher, while for Sparkle, you need to pass in a Sphinx "module". So, in the interactive Sphinx project, I have a DataModule with a SparkleHttpSysDispatcher, plus Sphinx, XData & Aurelius components, I guess for the two projects (i.e.: interactive & service) to share sources, a different approach would be needed, like starting with a default Delphi Windows Service wizard, not the Sparkle one?

[wlandgraf (Wagner Landgraf)]

Everything is "Sparkle": XData, Sphinx, RemoteDB, Echo, all of them are different types of Sparkle modules, and whatever technique you use for one is applicable for the others.

In this support topic we discussed how to make a Sparkle app that can behave as both VCL desktop app or Windows Service:

Problems with Xdata / Sparkle /Aurelious Server

No. You don't "need" it, but if you want the server exe application to be launched whenever the Windows OS restarts and without any user login, then yes, you need a Windows Service. You can simply use the regular Delphi Windows Service template and start your XData server from the OnStart event. You can also use Sparkle.App unit to make your existing VCL app become a Windows Service app. You can learn more about it here: Discussion here:

[Alexander_Pastuhov]

Ok, thanks, all is good: I just create the same DataModule in the service's OnStart, instead of the MainForm, that's all, so both projects share the same code, with very minor differences.