Mega Code Archive
Windows Service Utility
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// crudwork
// Copyright 2004 by Steve T. Pham (http://www.crudwork.com)
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with This program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace crudwork.Utilities
{
/// <summary>
/// Windows Service Utility
/// </summary>
public static class WindowsServiceUtil
{
/// <summary>
/// Change the service status
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sc"></param>
/// <param name="newStatus"></param>
public static void RunServer(ServiceController sc, ServiceControllerStatus newStatus)
{
try
{
if (sc.Status == newStatus)
return;
// TODO: Need better waiting mechanism (ideally show a progress bar here...)
// for now wait 30 seconds and confirm the new status afterward.
var waitAmount = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30);
switch (newStatus)
{
case ServiceControllerStatus.Running:
//Status("Starting server, please wait...");
sc.Start();
sc.WaitForStatus(newStatus, waitAmount);
break;
case ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped:
//Status("Stopping server, please wait...");
sc.Stop();
sc.WaitForStatus(newStatus, waitAmount);
break;
default:
throw new Exception("Unsupported action = " + newStatus.ToString());
}
if (sc.Status != newStatus)
throw new ApplicationException("Service is not " + newStatus);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
throw;
}
}
}
}
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