Creating a python win32 service

Question

I am currently trying to create a win32 service using pywin32. My main point of reference has been this tutorial:

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/551780/

Answer 1

I just create a simple "how to" where the program is in one module and the service is in another place, it uses py2exe to create the win32 service, which I believe is the best you can do for your users that don't want to mess with the python interpreter or other dependencies.

You can check my tutorial here: Create win32 services using Python and py2exe

Answer 2

I've never used these APIs, but digging through the code, it looks like the class passed in is used to register the name of the class in the registry, so you can't do any initialization of your own. But there's a method called GetServiceCustomOption that may help:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2006-April/004518.html