Tag

Required

Data Type

Valid Values

Default Value

Description

Container Tag: Program

Name

Yes

Text String

A-Za-z0-9

N/A

The short name of the service.

DisplayName

Yes

Text String

Free text

N/A

The display name of the service.

DisplayNamePrefix

No

Text String

Free Text

N/A

The prefix applied to the display name.

Description

No

Text String

Free text

N/A

Description of the service.

WorkingDir

Yes

Text String

Valid Windows Path

N/A

Full path to the working directory for the service.

Executable

Yes

Text String

Valid Windows Path + Executable Name + Extension

N/A

Full path to and name of the executable to be run including file extension.

Parameters

No

Text String

Free text

N/A

Arguments to be passed to the executable.

Delay

No

Integer

Greater than 0

3000

Number of milliseconds the service is likely to take to start.

StartUpMode

No

Integer

0-2

1

Service startup mode on system boot. 0 = Manual, 1 = Automatic, 2 = Disabled, 3 = Delayed Start

ForceReplace

No

Boolean

true or false

false

Force the reinstallation of the service if it already exists. Not configurable via the GUI.

Container Tag: Options

AffinityMask

No

Integer

Greater than or equal to 0

0

Apply a processor affinity mask to the sub-process. 0 = SMP, 1 = CPU 1, 2 = CPU 2, 3 = CPU 1 + 2 etc.. More information.

Priority

No

Integer

0-5

0

Apply a scheduling priority to the sub-process (NT4 = 0-3, Win2K/XP = 0-5). 0 = Normal, 1 = Idle, 2 = High, 3 = Real Time, 4 = Below Normal, 5 = Above Normal.

AppendLogs

No

Boolean

true or false

true

Whether to append to or overwrite the debug log file.

EventLogging

No

Boolean

true or false

true

Stipulates whether the service logs to the Event Log.

InteractWithDesktop

No

Boolean

true or false

false

Allow the service to interact with the desktop.

PreLaunchDelay

No

Integer

Greater than or equal to 0

0

The number of milliseconds FireDaemon Pro will wait after the service has reached the running state prior to the sub-process being started.

ConsoleApp

No

Boolean

true or false

false

Whether the executable is console based or not. FireDaemon Pro will handle the CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT and related events on behalf of the console application.

CtrlC

No

Integer

0-1

N/A

What event will be sent to the Console Application during shutdown. 0 = Ctrl+Break, 1 = Ctrl+C

UponExit

No

Integer

0-3

1

FireDaemon Pro action upon sub-process exit. 0 = No Action, 1 = Restart, 2 = Terminate, 3 = Shutdown,

UponFlap

No

Integer

0-3

0

FireDaemon Pro flap detection setting. 0 = Disabled, 1 = Terminate the process, 2 = Terminate  FireDaemon, 3 = Shutdown FireDaemon, 4 = Report the Termination, 5 = Reboot.

FlapCount

No

Integer

Greater than or equal to 0

5

The maximum number of times the process can  be restarted before the flap action is taken.

UponFail

No

Integer

0-3

0

FireDaemon Pro fail detection setting. 0 = Disabled, 1 = Terminate the process, 2 = Terminate FireDaemon, 3 = Shutdown FireDaemon, 4 = Report the Termination, 5 = Reboot.

FailCount

No

Integer

Greater then or equal to 0

10

The maximum number of times the process can be restarted before the fail action is taken.

ShutdownDelay

No

Integer

Greater than or equal to 0

5000

Number of milliseconds FireDaemon Pro will wait after the sub-process has been issued the WM_CLOSE message before hard terminating it. Setting this value to 0 effectively disables graceful shutdown.

ShowWindow

No

Integer

0-3

0

How FireDaemon Pro initially displays interactive services. 0 = Normal, 1 = Hidden, 2 = Minimized, 3 = Maximized.

JobType

No

Integer

0-2

1

Optionally places the service sub-process in a Global or Local Job Group. 0 = No Job, 1 = Global Job, 2 = Local Job.

LoadOrderGroup

No

Text String

A-Za-z0-9

N/A

Places the service in the named Load Order Group.

Container Tag: Options / Dependencies

GroupName

No

Text String

Free text

N/A

Force the service to depend on the named Load Order Group. Multiple GroupName tags can be specified.

ServiceName

No

Text String

Free text

N/A

Force the services to depend on the named Service Name. Multiple ServiceName tags can be specified.

Container Tag: Options / Logon

AccountName

No

Text String

Free text

N/A

Local or domain user account to run the service as. Format must be .\user for a local user or domain\user for a domain user. The user account must have Logon As A Service right granted.

AccountPassword

No

Text String

Free text

N/A

Local or domain user account password.

Container Tag: Options / RedirectIO

Stdout

No

Text String

Valid Windows Path + File Name + Extension

N/A

Full path to and name of the file to log all Stdout to.

Stderr

No

Text String

Valid Windows Path + File Name + Extension

N/A

Full path to and name of the file to log all Stderr to. Specify ToStdout to force Stderr to be logged to Stdout.

Container Tag: Debug

DebugEnabled

No

Boolean

true or false

false

Enable debug logging.

DebugLocation

No

Text String

Valid Windows Path and Log File Name

N/A

Full path and filename to log to.

Container Tag: Environment

Variable

No

Text String

Free Text

N/A

Defines an environment variable to be exported to the sub-process. A valid environment variable name must be supplied as an attribute of the tag.

Container Tag: SMF

SMFEnabled

No

Boolean

true or false

true

Enable or disable the Service Monitoring Facility (SMF).

SMFFrequency

No

Integer

Greater than 50

5000

Number of milliseconds between polls of the sub-process to see if it still running.

Container Tag: Scheduling

StartTime

No

Text String

00:00:00 to 23:59:59

00:00:00

The time of the day after which the service may run.

EndTime

No

Text String

00:00:00 to 23:59:59

00:00:00

The time of the day after which the service may not run.

StartDate

No

Text String

YYYYMMDD

Today’s date

The first day on which the service may run.

EndDate

No

Text String

YYYYMMDD

Today’s date

The last day on which the service may run.

RunDays

No

Integer

0 to 127

127

Days of the week on which the service may run.  Add the following values for each day to form the set: 1 = Sunday, 2 = Monday, 4 = Tuesday, 8 = Wednesday, 16 = Thursday, 32 = Friday, 64 = Saturday.

MonthFrom

No

Integer

0 to 31

0

The first day of the month on which the service may run.

MonthTo

No

Integer

0 to 31

0

The last day of the month on which the service may run.

MonthDay

No

Integer

0 to 31

0

The day of the month on which the service may run.

RestartFreq

No

Integer

0 to 9

0

The frequency of scheduled application restarts, if any. 0 = no scheduled restarts, 1 = every hour, 2 = every 2 hours, 3 = every 3 hours, 4 = every 4 hours, 5 = every 8 hours, 6 = every 12 hours, 7 = every 24 hours, 8 = once per week, 9 = once per month, 10 = every 30 minutes, 11 = at a specific time, 12 = user defined

RestartEvery

No

Integer

1 or more

60

User defined restart interval in seconds.

RestartDelay

No

Integer

0 or more

0

The restart delay in milliseconds.

RestartTime

No

Text String

00:00:00 to 23:59:59

00:00:00

The time of the day when the service is to be restarted.

Container Tag: PreService

PreWorkingDir

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Valid Windows Path

N/A

Full path to the working directory for the application.

PreExecutable

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Valid Windows Path + Executable Name + Extension

N/A

Full path to and name of the executable to be run including file extension.

PreParameters

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Free text

N/A

Arguments to be passed to the executable. Can include environment variables.

PreDelay

No

Integer

Greater than 0

3000

Number of milliseconds to wait for the execution of the executable to complete.

Container Tag: PostService

PostWorkingDir

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Valid Windows Path

N/A

Full path to the working directory for the application.

PostExecutable

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Valid Windows Path + Executable Name + Extension

N/A

Full path to and name of the executable to be run including file extension.

PostParameters

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Free text

N/A

Arguments to be passed to the executable. Can include environment variables.

PostDelay

No

Integer

Greater than 0

3000

Number of milliseconds to wait for the execution of the executable to complete.

Container Tag: DlgResponder

Enabled

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Boolean

true of false

true

Dialog checking is enabled

CloseAll

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Boolean

true or false

false

Whether all dialogs are closed or closed just for this process

IgnoreUnknowns

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Boolean

true or false

false

Whether unknown dialogs are closed by default

LogFile

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Valid Windows Path and Filename

N/A

Full path and filename to Dialog Debug Log File

Responses

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Container

N/A

N/A

Contains list of dialog responses

Container Tag: PostService / Responses / Response

TitleString

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Free text

N/A

Text to match against the dialog title

ContentString

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Free text

N/A

Text to match against the dialog content

Response

Yes (but only if container tag specified)

Text String

Free text

N/A

Text to match against available buttons and "press" the button if matched

Container Tag: Recovery

FirstFailure

Yes

Integer

0-3

0

Recovery trigger on first failure. 0 = Take no Action, 1 = Restart the Service, 2 = Restart the Computer, 3 = Run a Program

SecondFailure

Yes

Integer

0-3

0

Recovery trigger on second failure. 0 = Take no Action, 1 = Restart the Service, 2 = Restart the Computer, 3 = Run a Program

Subsequent

Yes

Integer

0-3

0

Recovery trigger on third and subsequent failure. 0 = Take no Action, 1 = Restart the Service, 2 = Restart the Computer, 3 = Run a Program

ResetFailCountAfter

Yes

Integer

>= 0

0

Resets the fail count after n-seconds

RestartServiceDelay

Yes

Integer

>= 0

0

Restart service delay in milliseconds

RestartComputerDelay

Yes

Integer

>= 0

0

Restart computer delay in milliseconds

Program

Yes

Text String

Valid Windows Path + Executable Name + Extension

blank

Full path to and name of the executable to be run including file extension

CommandLineParams

Yes

Text String

Free text

blank

Arguments to be passed to the executable

AppendFailCount

Yes

Boolean

true or false

false

Whether the fail count is appended to the command line parameters (/fail=%1%)

EnableActionsForStopWithErrors

Yes

Boolean

true or false

false

Whether recovery actions are triggered when services stop with errors

SendMsg

Yes

Boolean

true or false

false

Whether to send computers on the network a message if the machine is rebooted

RebootMsg

Yes

Text String

Free text

blank

The reboot message itself