Service names must be unique within the first eight characters.

When creating a service in Sybase Central, type options for the executable, without the executable name itself, in the window. For example, if you want a network server to run using the sample database with a cache size of 20 MB and the name myserver, you would type the following in the Parameters text box of the Create Service Wizard in Sybase Central:

-c 20M
-n myserver "%SQLANY16%\demo.db"

Line breaks are optional.

Choose the account under which the service will run: the special LocalSystem account or another user ID.

For more information about this choice, see Service account options.

If you want the service to be accessible from the Windows desktop, click Allow Service To Interact With Desktop. If this option is cleared, no icon appears in the system tray and neither do any windows appear on the desktop.

If you choose to start a service automatically, it starts whenever the computer starts Windows. If you choose to start the service manually, you must start the service from Sybase Central each time. You may want to click Disabled if you are setting up a service for future use.