Service.Query

number Service.Query (

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.