DWORD StartSampleService()
{
SERVICE_STATUS ssStatus;
DWORD dwOldCheckPoint;
DWORD dwStartTickCount;
DWORD dwWaitTime;
DWORD dwStatus;
schService = OpenService(
schSCManager, // SCM database
"Sample_Srv", // service name
SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS);
if (schService == NULL)
{
MyErrorExit("OpenService");
}
if (!StartService(
schService, //
handle to service
0, // number of arguments
NULL) ) // no arguments
{
MyErrorExit("StartService");
}
else
{
printf("Service start pending.\n");
}
// Check the status until the service is no longer start pending.
if (!QueryServiceStatus(
schService, //
handle to service
&ssStatus) ) // address of status information structure
{
MyErrorExit("QueryServiceStatus");
}
// Save the tick count and initial checkpoint.
dwStartTickCount = GetTickCount();
dwOldCheckPoint = ssStatus.dwCheckPoint;
while (ssStatus.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_START_PENDING)
{
// Do not wait longer than the wait hint. A good interval is
// one tenth the wait hint, but no less than 1 second and no
// more than 10 seconds.
dwWaitTime = ssStatus.dwWaitHint / 10;
if( dwWaitTime < 1000 )
dwWaitTime = 1000;
else if ( dwWaitTime > 10000 )
dwWaitTime = 10000;
Sleep( dwWaitTime );
// Check the status again.
if (!QueryServiceStatus(
schService, //
handle to service
&ssStatus) ) // address of structure
break;
if ( ssStatus.dwCheckPoint > dwOldCheckPoint )
{
// The service is making progress.
dwStartTickCount = GetTickCount():
dwOldCheckPoint = ssStatus.dwCheckPoint;
}
else
{
if(GetTickCount()-dwStartTickCount > ssStatus.dwWaitHint)
{
// No progress made within the wait hint
break;
}
}
}
if (ssStatus.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_RUNNING)
{
printf("StartService SUCCESS.\n");
dwStatus = NO_ERROR;
}
else
{
printf("\nService not started. \n");
printf(" Current State: %d\n", ssStatus.dwCurrentState);
printf(" Exit Code: %d\n", ssStatus.dwWin32ExitCode);
printf(" Service Specific Exit Code: %d\n",
ssStatus.dwServiceSpecificExitCode);
printf(" Check Point: %d\n", ssStatus.dwCheckPoint);
printf(" Wait Hint: %d\n", ssStatus.dwWaitHint);
dwStatus = GetLastError();
}
CloseServiceHandle(schService);
return dwStatus;
}