blog_win32service.py

class AppServerSvc (win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
    _svc_name_ = "TestService"
    _svc_display_name_ = "Test Service"

    def __init__(self, args):
        win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
        self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)

    def SvcStop(self):
        self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
        win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)

    def SvcDoRun(self):
        servicemanager.LogMsg(servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                              servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STARTED,
                              (self._svc_name_, ''))
        self.main()

    def main(self):
        try:
            import download_service64Bit
            gw = execnet.makegateway("popen//python={}".format(r'C:\Python27_64Bit\python.exe'))
            channel = gw.remote_exec(download_service64Bit)
            sleeptime = 1
            wait = win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0
            while win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, sleeptime * 1000) != wait:
                channel.send(1)
                sleeptime = channel.receive()
        except BaseException as e:
            # error handling - omitted in snippet