[BRLTTY] I can not run Tieman Braille Voyager with Brltty on Windows 10

[Peter Vágner]

Hello,
Looking to the brltty's windows service code 
<https://github.com/brltty/brltty/blob/master/Programs/service_windows.c> 
i see you are using service manager and calling CreateService 
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winsvc/nf-winsvc-createservicea> 
function.
I believe It should be sufficient to include the brltty arguments such 
as -f for the config file in the |lpBinaryPathName function argument 
after the path to the exe file when calling CreateService|.
See this description.
>
> |[in, optional] lpBinaryPathName|
>
> The fully qualified path to the service binary file. If the path 
> contains a space, it must be quoted so that it is correctly 
> interpreted. For example, "d:\my share\myservice.exe" should be 
> specified as ""d:\my share\myservice.exe"".
>
> The path can also include arguments for an auto-start service. For 
> example, "d:\myshare\myservice.exe arg1 arg2". These arguments are 
> passed to the service entry point (typically the *main* function).
>
> If you specify a path on another computer, the share must be 
> accessible by the computer account of the local computer because this 
> is the security context used in the remote call. However, this 
> requirement allows any potential vulnerabilities in the remote 
> computer to affect the local computer. Therefore, it is best to use a 
> local file.
>


Greetings

Peter



Dňa 9. 12. 2022 o 15:53 Peter Vágner napísal(a):
> Hello,
>
> Dňa 9. 12. 2022 o 15:15 Dave Mielke napísal(a):
>> You mentioned a registry change to set the service's options. Could 
>> you explain to me how you changed the registry, i.e. the key, the old 
>> value, and the new value? Perhaps, for example, I can get the 
>> enable-brlapi script to do what you did, i.e. give the service a log 
>> file that can be easily viewed. 
>
> I haven't yet touched the registry. I have done it through the UI. 
> Here are my steps for this part:
> * Press windows+r, type in services.msc into the run prompt and 
> confirm wit the enter key.
> * Once services window appears press the tab key to move the system 
> focus to the list of services then use down arrow key or type br on 
> the keyboard to scroll to the BRLApi service.
> * Open service properties by pressing the enter key.
> * When the dialogbox appears use tab or shift+tab to navigate.
> * Find a text entry called service arguments or similar (I do have in 
> slovak here and am not sure about the original wording in english).
> * Type your arguments into that entry and press start button on the 
> same screen.
> * The service should run with these arguments.
>
> I think there must be a way on how to do this programmatically but I 
> dont know more details yet.
> I'll try to find out.
>
> Greetings
>
> Peter
>
>
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