serviceToggler

serviceToggler is an application that allows the user to associate NT services on a computer into groups. It allows the user to easily bring up and take down the groups of services from a simple systray icon. Groups of services can be setup to toggle each other up and down.

For example, as a consultant developer, I am often asked to write applications. Sometimes the applications may use a MySQL database. Other times, they may use a MS SqlServer database. I don't want to run both database servers on my laptop at the same time, because usually I'm using one or the other, but not both. In serviceToggler, I've configured two service groups: MySQL and SQLServer.

The MySQL group has one service in it: the mysql database service. The SQLServer group has numerous services in it: SQL Server database service, SQL Server reporting server service, etc.

From the systray icon of serviceToggler, I can select the SQLServer group. It will shutdown the MySQL service and bring up services associated with the SQLServer group. Later on, I may choose to select the MySQL group from serviceToggler and it will shut down the SQLServer services and bring up the MySQL service.

serviceToggler can be configured to use any number of service groups each can be associated with another group to toggle with. Groups don't have to be associated with other groups for toggling, they can stand alone. Selecting a group once from serviceToggler brings it up. If you select it again, the group will be brought down.

Requirements:

￭ The Python Interpreter ￭ The win32all library for Python ￭ The wxPython library for Python