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]]

"Joris De Groote" <jo************@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/>

[Joris De Groote]

It's a VB.NET program that runs on a server, so it's not a web application.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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"Joris De Groote" <jo************@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/>

[jayeldee]

Joris,

If you set a reference to System.ServiceProcess, 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 CheckIfServiceIsRunning(ByVal serviceName As String) As
Boolean

Dim mySC As ServiceProcess.ServiceController
mySC = New ServiceProcess.ServiceController(serviceName)
If mySC.Status = ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped
Then
' Service isn't running
Return False
ElseIf mySC.Status =
ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus.Running Then
' Service already running
Return True
End If

End Function

[jayeldee]

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]

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

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"Joris De Groote" <jo************@skynet.be> wrote in message
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It's a VB.NET program that runs on a server, so it's not a web
application.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:eC**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

"Joris De Groote" <jo************@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/>

[Joris De Groote]

Thanks

"jayeldee" <ja******@gmail.com> wrote in message
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You'd also want to put that in a Try Catch block. You'll get an
exception if the service name is invalid IIRC.

[Joris De Groote]

Yep
"vbnetdev" <vb******@community.nospam> wrote in message
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So you are checking the server to verify this particular service is
running right?

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"Joris De Groote" <jo************@skynet.be> wrote in message
news:eI**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

It's a VB.NET program that runs on a server, so it's not a web
application.
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:eC**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

"Joris De Groote" <jo************@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/>