Check if Service is running?

[Joris De Groote]

Hi,

can vb check if a windows service is running or not? ( Webclient )

Thanks
Joris

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Check if Service is running?

"Joris De Groote" <joris.degroote @skynet.be> schrieb:[color=blue]
> can vb check if a windows service is running or not? ( Webclient )[/color]

On the client or on the server? I doubt that this is possible on the client
without writing some ugly ActiveX control or .NET Browser Control. Maybe
it's better to develop a classic rich-client Windows Forms application
instead of a Web application.

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[Joris De Groote]

Re: Check if Service is running?

It's a VB.NET program that runs on a server, so it's not a web application.


"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:eC0LLM3cGH A.3840@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> "Joris De Groote" <joris.degroote @skynet.be> schrieb:[color=green]
>> can vb check if a windows service is running or not? ( Webclient )[/color]
>
> On the client or on the server? I doubt that this is possible on the
> client without writing some ugly ActiveX control or .NET Browser Control.
> Maybe it's better to develop a classic rich-client Windows Forms
> application instead of a Web application.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]

[jayeldee]

Re: Check if Service is running?

Joris,

If you set a reference to System.ServiceP rocess, you could use a
function like this one below to check it. I use it in a service of
mine to check for dependency services.

Function CheckIfServiceI sRunning(ByVal serviceName As String) As
Boolean

Dim mySC As ServiceProcess. ServiceControll er
mySC = New ServiceProcess. ServiceControll er(serviceName)
If mySC.Status = ServiceProcess. ServiceControll erStatus.Stoppe d
Then
' Service isn't running
Return False
ElseIf mySC.Status =
ServiceProcess. ServiceControll erStatus.Runnin g Then
' Service already running
Return True
End If

End Function

[jayeldee]

Re: Check if Service is running?

You'd also want to put that in a Try Catch block. You'll get an
exception if the service name is invalid IIRC.

[vbnetdev]

Re: Check if Service is running?

So you are checking the server to verify this particular service is running
right?



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"Joris De Groote" <joris.degroote @skynet.be> wrote in message
news:eIRBOT3cGH A.5016@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> It's a VB.NET program that runs on a server, so it's not a web
> application.
>
>
> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
> news:eC0LLM3cGH A.3840@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> "Joris De Groote" <joris.degroote @skynet.be> schrieb:[color=darkred]
>>> can vb check if a windows service is running or not? ( Webclient )[/color]
>>
>> On the client or on the server? I doubt that this is possible on the
>> client without writing some ugly ActiveX control or .NET Browser Control.
>> Maybe it's better to develop a classic rich-client Windows Forms
>> application instead of a Web application.
>>
>> --
>> M S Herfried K. Wagner
>> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
>> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Joris De Groote]

Re: Check if Service is running?

Thanks

"jayeldee" <jayeldee@gmail .com> wrote in message
news:1147186678 .274759.42120@e 56g2000cwe.goog legroups.com...[color=blue]
> You'd also want to put that in a Try Catch block. You'll get an
> exception if the service name is invalid IIRC.
>[/color]

[Joris De Groote]

Re: Check if Service is running?

Yep


"vbnetdev" <vbnetdev@commu nity.nospam> wrote in message
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> So you are checking the server to verify this particular service is
> running right?
>
>
>
> --
> Get a powerful web, database, application, and email hosting with KJM
> Solutions
> http://www.kjmsolutions.com
>
>
>
> "Joris De Groote" <joris.degroote @skynet.be> wrote in message
> news:eIRBOT3cGH A.5016@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> It's a VB.NET program that runs on a server, so it's not a web
>> application.
>>
>>
>> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message
>> news:eC0LLM3cGH A.3840@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> "Joris De Groote" <joris.degroote @skynet.be> schrieb:
>>>> can vb check if a windows service is running or not? ( Webclient )
>>>
>>> On the client or on the server? I doubt that this is possible on the
>>> client without writing some ugly ActiveX control or .NET Browser
>>> Control. Maybe it's better to develop a classic rich-client Windows
>>> Forms application instead of a Web application.
>>>
>>> --
>>> M S Herfried K. Wagner
>>> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
>>> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]