Added Readme and Service installer

Author: rbicelli

CreateTables.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/****** Object:  Table [dbo].[LabelSpooler]    Script Date: 03/03/2020 17:02:21 ******/
+SET ANSI_NULLS ON
+GO
+
+SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
+GO
+
+CREATE TABLE [dbo].[LabelSpooler](
+	[jobID] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
+	[printerName] [varchar](64) NOT NULL,
+	[printData] [text] NOT NULL,
+	[jobStatus] [tinyint] NOT NULL,
+	[jobCreated] [datetime] NOT NULL,
+	[jobRetries] [int] NOT NULL,
+	[jobTag] [varchar](128) NULL,
+	[jobLastSent] [datetime] NULL,
+ CONSTRAINT [PK_LabelSpooler] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
+(
+	[jobID] ASC
+)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
+) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
+GO
+
+ALTER TABLE [dbo].[LabelSpooler] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_LabelSpooler_jobStatus]  DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [jobStatus]
+GO
+
+ALTER TABLE [dbo].[LabelSpooler] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_LabelSpooler_jobCreated]  DEFAULT (getdate()) FOR [jobCreated]
+GO
+
+ALTER TABLE [dbo].[LabelSpooler] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_LabelSpooler_jobRetries]  DEFAULT ((0)) FOR [jobRetries]
+GO
+
+ALTER TABLE [dbo].[LabelSpooler] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_LabelSpooler_lastRetry]  DEFAULT (NULL) FOR [jobLastSent]
+GO

DB.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public static class DB
         private static string _dbUsername;
         private static string _dbDatabase;
         private static string _dbPassword;
+        private static bool _logAlreadyLogged;
 
         /* Properties */
         public static string Server
@@ -114,11 +115,15 @@ public static DataTable GetJobs(int jobStatus = 0)
                 SqlDataReader sqlDataReader = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader();
                 dataTable.Load((IDataReader)sqlDataReader);
                 DB.conn.Close();
+                _logAlreadyLogged = false;
                 return dataTable;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Globals.eventRecord("Error getting Jobs: " + ex.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error);
+                if (_logAlreadyLogged==false) { 
+                    Globals.eventRecord("Error getting Jobs: " + ex.Message, EventLogEntryType.Error);
+                    _logAlreadyLogged = true;
+                }
                 return dataTable;
             }
         }

Globals.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static void initialize()
             appPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
             INIFilename = appPath + "config.ini";
 
-            string AppVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();
+            appVersion = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();
 
             if (File.Exists(INIFilename))
             {

LabelSpooler.csproj

@@ -11,6 +11,21 @@
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
+    <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
+    <Install>true</Install>
+    <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
+    <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled>
+    <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode>
+    <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval>
+    <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits>
+    <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically>
+    <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired>
+    <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
+    <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
+    <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
+    <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
+    <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
@@ -38,7 +53,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration.Install" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
     <Reference Include="System.Management" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
@@ -74,5 +91,12 @@
       <DependentUpon>ProjectInstaller.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName>
+      <Install>false</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
 </Project>

LabelSpooler.sln

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "LabelSpooler", "LabelSpooler.csproj", "{64DD8281-590E-46B6-8C6D-2AA4A4BB725F}"
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{EB4CD78B-16A8-4F03-9E73-332FA350508C}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		config-example.ini = config-example.ini
+		CreateTables.sql = CreateTables.sql
+		README.md = README.md
+	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution

Program.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.ServiceProcess;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Configuration.Install;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace LabelSpooler
 {
@@ -11,14 +14,36 @@ static class Program
         /// <summary>
         /// Punto di ingresso principale dell'applicazione.
         /// </summary>
-        static void Main()
+        static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
-            ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
+            //AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += CurrentDomainUnhandledException;
+
+
+            if (System.Environment.UserInteractive)
             {
-                new LabelSpoolerService()
-            };
-            ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
+                string parameter = string.Concat(args);
+                switch (parameter)
+                {
+                    case "--install":
+                        ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(new string[] { Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });
+                        break;
+                    
+                    case "--uninstall":
+                        ManagedInstallerClass.InstallHelper(new string[] { "/u", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location });
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            { 
+                ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
+                ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
+                {
+                    new LabelSpoolerService()
+                };
+                ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
+            }
         }
+
+
     }
 }

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+LabelSpooler
+============
+
+This program polls RAW data from a SQL Server database table and sends data to a printer.
+It is useful to send RAW ZPL to Zebra printers, for example.  
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+- Grab the latest release file
+- Extract the zip to a folder of your choice (for example c:\LabelSpooler\ ) 
+- Create the LabelSpooler table in the database with file CreateTables.sql
+- Create the file config.ini by copying the config-example.ini
+- Install service from an elevated command prompt:
+```
+c:\LabelSpooler\LabelSpooler.exe --install
+```
+
+Uninstallation
+--------------
+
+- Uninstall service from an elevated command prompt:
+
+```
+c:\LabelSpooler\LabelSpooler.exe --uninstall
+```
+
+Need Commercial Support?
+------------------------
+
+Send me a mail: [email protected]

config-example.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[database]
+; Database Configuration 
+server = yoursqlserver
+database = database
+username = user
+password = password
+
+[printers]
+; Printers Remapping Configuration
+; Syntax is:
+; SYSTEM_PRINTER_NAME = PRINTER_QUEUE
+; where PRINTER_QUEUE can be another system's printer name or a UNC path
+; by default program first seek in this remapping and if no remap is
+; found it tries keeps the field value as printer queue/name
+
+; Map printer to a prinserver Queue
+; PRINTER_1 = \\PRINTSERVER\PRINTER1
+
+; Redirect Printer to another Printer
+; PRINTER_2 = PRINTER_1
+
+[print_settings]
+; Max Retries
+; When a print fails, et the maximum number of Retries 
+; max_retries = 3
+
+; Retry Interval
+; Specify the time between the next retry, in seconds
+; retry_interval = 5
+
+[spooler]
+; Spooler Polling Interval in milliseconds, default is 250
+; poll_interval = 250
+
+; Run Housekeeper:
+; Delete printed records.
+; if minutes is 0 housekeeper is disabled, otherwise it is invoked at interval 
+; specified.
+; Default is 60 minutes
+; housekeeper_run_interval = 1440
+
+; Housekeeping Interval
+; How long records can stay in the table?
+; default is 1440 minutes (24h)
+; housekeeping_interval = 1440