12.9. Controlling Services
Generally you control a service using the Services applet in the Control Panel. This service allows you to start, stop, pause, or resume any service. There are some cases, however, in which it is useful to be able to control a service either from a separate program or from another service. The ControlService and StartService functions allow you to control services in your code.
| ControlService | Sends a control constant to the specified service |
|---|---|
BOOL ControlService( SC_HANDLE service, DWORD control, LPSERVICE_STATUS status) | |
| service | A handle to the service |
| control | Control constant telling the service what to do |
| status | A pointer to a SERVICE_STATUS structure |
| Returns TRUE on success | |
The ControlService function accepts a handle ...
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