Re: Start services

From:

"Ben Voigt" <rbv@nospam.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:17:57 -0500

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"Rui Oliveira" <RuiOliveira@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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OpenSCManager problem

I have a service with name "ServiceManager" that has the function of start
other services.

When I try to establish a connection to the service control manager with
OpenSCManager, the OpenSCManager stops my "ServiceManager" service.

Are you following this rule documented in the help for ServiceMain?

"The SCM locks the service control database during initialization, so if a
service attempts to call StartService during initialization, the call will
block. When the service reports to the SCM that it has successfully started,
it can call StartService. If the service requires another service to be
running, the service should set the required dependencies.
Furthermore, you should not call any system functions during service
initialization. The service code should call system functions only after it
reports a status of SERVICE_RUNNING."

Why? Could be because I am inside of a service?
How can I get the SCManager Database?

Thanks.
Rui Oliveira

"dh" wrote:

"Rui Oliveira" wrote:

Exist some function to detect if a service are started, and if not
start it?
Thanks,
Rui Oliveira

In MSDN, OpenService(), StartService(), etc.