Service.Query Examples

OverviewExamples

number Service.Query (

string DisplayName,

string KeyName = "" )

Example 1

result = Service.Query("Service1", "");

Queries the service with display name 'Service1' and stores the result in variable 'result'.

Example 2

-- Specify the service to query

ServiceToQueryDisplay = "Service1";

ServiceToQueryKey = "Boom";

-- Query the specified service

QueryResult = Service.Query(ServiceToQueryDisplay, ServiceToQueryKey);

if not (QueryResult == SERVICE_RUNNING) then

-- Set err to 0

err = 0;

-- The service is not running.

if (QueryResult == SERVICE_PAUSED) then

-- The service is paused, try continue

Service.Continue(ServiceToQueryDisplay, ServiceToQueryKey);

err = Application.GetLastError();

elseif (QueryResult == SERVICE_STOPPED) then

-- The service is stopped, try start

Service.Start(ServiceToQueryDisplay, ServiceToQueryKey, nil);

err = Application.GetLastError();

end

if not (err == 0) then

-- An error happened with Continue/Start

Dialog.Message("Error (" .. err .. ")", "Unable to start/restart the service.\r\nService is not running");

else

Dialog.Message("PERFECTION!", "The service was started/restarted fine.");

end

else

-- The service is running

Dialog.Message("PERFECTION!", "The service is running fine.");

end

Queries the specified service. If it is running, a dialog is displayed. If it is not running, it is restarted and either a successful or error dialog is displayed.