Windows Service and C#

[Guest]

Can anyone tell how to stop a service from within the service,

example:

On starting the service needs a file from the disk if it does not find the
file i need the service stop and end. But I can’t find any command or methods
for stopping the service from running any further.

can anyone help?

 

[Guest]

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController Class

might help you out.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Just throw an (unhandled) exception and your service will stop.

Willy.

 

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

You hacker Willy............lol

ServiceController serviceMonitor = new ServiceController("servicename");
if( serviceMonitor == ServiceControllerStatus.Running )
{
serviceMonitor.Stop();
}

However, I have seen this justifiably fail when trying to stop the service
from within itself ..........ideally you should stop the service from a
controlling service by having your service cleanly set an external param
that causes the service to be terminated by the controller. In reality a
service should not die but terminate cleanly by timed or user action which
is why I'm suggesting you should use a controller, your service should
remain active even if the files not there and handle the
exception............Willy's suggestion will undoutably work though.
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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP