I am attempting to use Win32::daemon to create a windows service. To start off easy, i installed a windows service using the code found on the html documentation for Win32::daemon. 
use Win32::Daemon; 
    %Hash = (
        name    =>  'PerlTest',
        display =>  'Oh my GOD, Perl is a service!',
        path    =>  'c:\perl\bin\perl.exe',
        user    =>  '',
        pwd     =>  '',
        parameters =>'c:\perl\scripts\service.pl',
    );
    if( Win32::Daemon::CreateService( \%Hash ) )
    {
        print "Successfully added.\n";
    }
    else
    {
        print "Failed to add service: " . Win32::FormatMessage( Win32:
+:Daemon::GetLastError() ) . "\n";
    }

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This installed the service fine with no errors. Then I tried to use the example service code: 
use Win32::Daemon;


    # Tell the OS to start processing the service...
    Win32::Daemon::StartService();
    
    # Wait until the service manager is ready for us to continue...
    while( SERVICE_START_PENDING != Win32::Daemon::State() )
    {
        sleep( 1 );
    }

    # Now let the service manager know that we are running...
    Win32::Daemon::State( SERVICE_RUNNING );

    # Okay, go ahead and process stuff...
    open (OUT, ">>C:\perl\scripts\out.txt");
    print OUT "Hello, World!";
    close OUT;
    # Tell the OS that the service is terminating...
    Win32::Daemon::StopService();

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But I am getting an error saying that the service started and stopped, and the file is not being opened. Please Help!

In reply to Win32::daemon and Perl by becca23

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