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Windows Service Utility

 
// crudwork
// Copyright 2004 by Steve T. Pham (http://www.crudwork.com)
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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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