Installing RoutePlotter as a service

With RoutePlotter installed on the server of choice it needs to be installed as a service. To do this is simple, go to the 'Options' menu and choose 'Install as a Service' as shown below:

Once this has been clicked a confirmation dialog box will pop up as shown below

The dialog box above mentions the Windows services panel. To get to this right click on the 'My Computer' icon on the desktop and chose 'Manage'. From here click on the 'Services' option denoted by the number 1 in the image below:

Once 'Services' has been selected a list of services will appear in the right hand side frame. In this list search for 'Visualware RoutePlotter Service', as denoted by the number 2 in the image above and right click. Then choose 'Properties' which will bring up the dialog box shown below:

From the drop down menu denoted by the number one on the image above choose 'Automatic' then click the 'Start' button denoted by the number two. This will ensure that the service is started and that it will start automatically when the machine is rebooted.