check if a service is runing

[cgj]

Hi all
I use pcanywhere to remote pooling for a few stores,
the problem is when pcanywhere is not waiting for a connection,
pcanywhere wait host is a service and it runs a exe,
the service executable path is C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\awhost32.exe
I cant just shell it because maybe its running,
is there a way in vb.net to check if the service is running if not start it?

Thank You

[nemaroller]

Funny...

Wouldn't PCAnywhere check to see if an instance of itself was already running?

[Shurijo]

This is cut from my project. Let me know if you need anything else.

Private myService As ServiceController ' Used as a reference to the service
...

    Private Sub CheckServiceInstallation()
        ' Verify to see if the service is installed.
        Dim installedServices() As ServiceController
        Dim tmpService As ServiceController
        Dim i As Integer = 0

        installedServices = ServiceController.GetServices()

        For Each tmpService In installedServices
            If tmpService.DisplayName = "YOUR SERVICE NAME" Then
                isServiceInstalled = True
                ' Assign the service to myService, so we can use it later.
                myService = tmpService
                Exit For
            End If
        Next tmpService

      msgbox("Service Status: " + myService.Status.ToString())

End Sub 

[cgj]

Hi Shurijo

Thanks for your code
i have one problem,
Private myService As ServiceController
ServiceController is not declared?
Thanks for your help

[Slow_Learner]

ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/vbcon/html/vbtskCreatingServiceControllerComponentInstances.htm

[b]
Imports System
Imports System.ServiceProcess
Imports System.Diagnostics
[/b]
Module Module1
   Sub Main()
      Dim myController As New ServiceController("IISAdmin")
      If myController.CanStop Then
         Debug.WriteLine(myController.ServiceName & " can be stopped.")
      Else
         Debug.WriteLine(myController.ServiceName & " cannot stop.")
      End If
   End Sub  
End Module

[cgj]

Thank you

i have one problem,
System.ServiceProcess
vs.net namesoace or type can't be found?
thanks again