Win32api.MessageBox

[Duncan Booth]

Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno.42.desthuilliers at websiteburo.invalid> wrote:

> Unkwntech a écrit :
>> When I use win32api.MessageBox from the interactive console from an
>> app that runs at the command line, it works and displays my alert just
>> fine however when I use it in a service that I built I can hear the
>> 'beep' but the alert does not show and the program seems to stall
>> waiting for the alert to close, how can I have the alert show so that
>> the user can see what it says and press the button?
> 
> I'm by no mean a Win32 expert, but IIRC, Windows 'services' (IOW : 
> daemons) are not suppose to directly interact with the user. Now you'd 
> better not take me on words on this...
> 
It's an option when you install the service. By default services will run 
under the 'local system' account and have no access to the desktop. You can 
either give the service permission to interact with the desktop from the 
service properties (or specify --interactive if installing it with 
win32serviceutil).

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