#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use Win32::Daemon;
# If using a compiled perl script (eg. myPerlService.exe) then 
# $ServicePath must be the path to the .exe as in:
#    $ServicePath = 'c:\CompiledPerlScripts\myPerlService.exe';
# Otherwise it must point to the Perl interpreter (perl.exe) which
# is conviently provided by the $^X variable...
my $ServicePath = $^X; 

# If using a compiled perl script then $ServiceParams
# must be the parameters to pass into your Perl service as in:
#    $ServiceParams = '-param1 -param2 "c:\\Param2Path"';
# OTHERWISE
# it MUST point to the perl script file that is the service such as:
my $ServiceParams = 'c:\testService.pl -param1 -param2 "c:\\Param2Path"';


%Hash = (
	machine =>  '',
	name    =>  'PerlTest',
	display =>  'Oh my GOD, Perl is a service!',
	path    =>  $ServicePath,
	user    =>  '',
	pwd     =>  '',
	description => 'Some text description of this service',
	parameters => $ServiceParams
);
if( Win32::Daemon::CreateService( \%Hash ) )
{
	print "Successfully added.\n";
}
else
{
	print "Failed to add service: " . Win32::FormatMessage( Win32::Daemon::GetLastError() ) . "\n";
}