Operating Windows Service

After installing Windows Service for TIBCO Clarity during the installation, you can do operations using the TIBCO Clarity 2.4.0 Windows Service using commands.

1. Open a command line and navigate to the TIBCO_HOME/clarity/version_number directory.
2. On the command line, type the clarity.exe command.
   The following table lists the commands you can use to do operations using TIBCO Clarity Windows Service:

   Command	Description
   --propFile <fileName>
   --install	You can install the wrapped application as a service.
   --cleanInstall	You can install the wrapped application as a service and does not register empty value.
   --uninstall	You can uninstall a previously installed service.
   --update	You can install a wrapped application or updates a previously installed wrapped application.
   --start	You can start a previously installed service.
   --startSync	You can start a previously installed service synchronously.
   --restart	You can restart a service.
   --stop	You can stop a running service.
   --kill	You can kill current Wrapper process.
   --run	You can run the wrapped application as a console application.
   --generateScript	You can generate java run script.
   --cmdlineJava	You can run java program by a command line.
   --debug	You can use this command to show debug information.
   --silent	No message box is displayed after you using this command.
   --query	You can query the state of the service.
   --propVar <name=value>	You can replace the custom variable with a value. The custom variable has to be in the form of %name% in the .tra file.
   --delayStart	You can set a delay time in milliseconds to run the application.

   For example, type clarity.exe --help, following information is displayed on the screen:

   TIBCO Wrapper
   Copyright 1998-2015 by Cloud Software Group, Inc.
   All rights reserved.
   
   Version 2.4.6
   
   
   Usage:
       clarity.exe <command>
   
   where <command> can be one of the following command switches:
       --propFile <fileName>
       --install, installs the wrapped application as a service
       --cleanInstall, installs the wrapped application as a service and will not register emppty value
       --uninstall, uninstalls a previously installed service
       --update, updates a previously installed wrapped application or installs if non-existing
       --start, starts a previously installed service
       --startSync, starts a previously installed service synchronously
       --restart, restarts service
       --stop, stops a running service
       --kill, kill current Wrapper process
       --run, runs the wrapped application as a console application
       --generateScript, generate java run script
       --cmdlineJava, run java program by command line
       --debug, shows debug information
       --silent, does not show error messagebox
       --query, queries the state of the service
       --propVar <name=value>, replaces the custom variable with its value *** The custom variable has to be set as %name% in the .tra file.
       --delayStart, sets a delay time in milliseconds to run the application