How To Check If A Service Is Running
I need to check if a service (specifically SQL Server) is running. I am trying to attach a databse but need to be sure the service is running. I can check the registry to make sure the server is installed but am not quite sure how to check if it is currently running. Thanks
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Hi,
I need some code that checks if a process/application is running, then if it is goto timer and wait say 10 mins, if it isnt then start application then goto timer 10mins.
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Hello Again,
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The Article is Below:
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...EN-US;Q175948&
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The problem is, VB cannot access the printer object.
I even tried putting together a simple app that just cycles through the printer collection and logs the printer information. Works fine as an exe run from windows, but once again, when run as a service, there is no access to the printer collection; nothing at all.
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Esarting VB App When Running As Service
Hi,
I have an VB app running as a service which connects to another app via TCPIP (vb app is receiver) and is set to interact with desktop. When user logs off PC i have VB app set to run as normal meaning the socket is never closed which i have set in the form unload which is called when user logs off. Problems is when PC restarts or shutsdown the VB app TCPIP connections never closes so when VB app starts up via NT Service the TCPIP connection is lost or is not connected to sender. This is because in the form unload i chose not to close connection to accomendate user logging off. To establish TCPIP connection you have to restart VB app which would defeate the purpose of running as a service. Is their a way of getting a windows message to VB app when PC is restarting or shutting down or logging off so i can program accordingly. If user logs off run as normal. If PC shutsdown or restarts close socket connection thus allowing it to recconect when PC starts up again. Hopefully this made sense and any help or insight would be appreciated. Thanks for you time.
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Hello,
My question concerns convincing my System Tray icon to behave elegantly.
I have written a VB6 app that I need to run as a NT Service; as such, I've made use of the Microsoft NT Service Control Component provided by Ntsrv.ocx. This approach has worked like a charm and I'm very happy with the results except for one thing: If I log out and back in again my service is still running, and that's all well and good, but my application's icon no longer appears in the System Tray.
I have set up a timer firing every second that calls Shell_NotifyIcon and of course this works. However, I don't want to have this timer continuing to operate once the icon is successfully added to the tray. Now you might say I should disable the timer when Shell_NotifyIcon returns <> 0 and you'd be right, except for the folowing little problem.
The Problem: My service starts manually by design so of course when the app adds the icon to the tray on startup it works just fine, but I can't disable my timer at this point because I'll need it running if a user logs out and back in again. I could use a "hook" to catch messages like "WM_QUERYENDSESSION" and start the timer, but again I don't want the thing running the entire time someone is logged out.
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Hello everyone...
Can anyone help me with the code for a quick utility that will check to see if MSSQLSERVER is running and if it is not, keep checking until it is and then launch another program.
I am having the toughest time finding out this information.
Thanks
gb
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Admin Check With A Service...
VB Code:
Private Sub NTadmin_Timer() If Form1.Visible = False Then If CBool(IsNTAdmin(ByVal 0&, ByVal 0&)) = True Then Form1.Visible = True App.TaskVisible = True End If End If If Form1.Visible = True Then If CBool(IsNTAdmin(ByVal 0&, ByVal 0&)) = False Then Form1.Visible = False App.TaskVisible = False End If End IfEnd Sub
i use that every second to check if an admin is logged in with this service....
if i log in with my admin account on XP, it will show the program (programs defaults are hidden)
but if i log in as a guest after logged in as admin the program will not hide!
big problem, cant have guest accounts messin with the program....
Use Service To Check If Anyone Has Logged In
I ahve a service running, now as I understand it, services run before you log in.
How would I run a function only once a user has logged in and then only the once.
Iam missing somthing easy...think i should give up for the day lol
}...the bane of my life!
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Hi all,
I am having trouble with interprocess communication between a Service and my ActiveX EXE...
Basically, there is a Windows Service that I want to integrate with my ActiveEXE. The Service provides a VBScript interface for extensions. My ActiveX EXE is running on the desktop and has a public multiuse class which registers itself in the ROT. What I am trying to achieve is to communicate between the Service and the running ActiveX EXE without starting a new instance of the ActiveX EXE (hence the ROT entry).
Testing the ROT entry works fine using another VB app and get a reference to my ActiveX EXE class via GetObject function. So, if my ActiveX EXE Server is not running a new one is not created and if it is it gets a reference to the existing one.
So I wrote a small Vbscript plugin to do a GetObject on my ActiveX EXE from the Service.
This is where it gets ugly.
Basically the VBScript can not do a GetObject because the two processes (Service and ActiveX EXE) are running in different namespaces:
The Service is running a LocalSystem
The ActiveX EXE is obviously running as InteractiveUser (whoever that maybe)
So to try and bypass this security problem I have created a proxy COM object (ActiveX EXE again) which gets created by the VBScript with CreateObject. This I do with DCOM config and set it to run as the interactive user so I 'jumps' domains to the same domain as my ActiveX EXE Server.
This seems to work pretty ok but (there is always a but) the problem I am facing now is distributing this set of ActiveX EXEs (the Proxy and the Server).
I know of no easy way (and automatic) to create an install or configure the Proxy to run as Interactive.
Things I have been looking into have been the [navy]HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTAppID[/navy] where the [green]RunAs[/green] defines the setting I want to change. I also suspect using something like InstallShield could also help (I am assuming). The problem with this is that if I want to distribute a new EXE for the Proxy (an update), I will need to distribute logic to manage this as well etc etc
Basically a headache ! :evil:
So, what I am asking is: (finally)
Is there an easier way of communicating between the Service and the running ActiveX EXE when security is not to be modified ?
To save you some time, I have already looked in MultiUse and GlobalSingleUse with the same problems (again need to explicitly run in the same domain).
Using DDE is not an option. (assume I am planning to move to .NET)
Using Winsock is a potential but relys on opening ports on the client that might be in use, can get messy.
I thought of Named Pipes but have no serious knowledge or way of implementing in VB.
Windows messaging (via SendMessage) just doesn't cut it.
To give another spin on the whole dilema and something some of you may have faced already:
This is simular to having a Connection Pool Manager (connection being an object) siting on a server with various clients connecting to it using different authentications (different users). I notice that in such environments the same problem occurs where the Pool Manager gets created again and again for each unique user that tries to access it. A pool manager should be only 1 instance providing access to connections from his pool. (like MTS for example)
Finally, this is meant to be a Command-Response type of communication.
If you can help, much appreciated !
(I might be asking for too much)
Running MySql Connection As A Windows Service
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I have no idea where to start when it comes to windows services. Can anybody point me in the right direction
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I've run into a very strange problem regarding the FindFirstFile and FindNextFile API call. I created an application that uses the function below to retrieve a list of files and store them. If I assign a UNC Path, this works fine as long as the application runs as a standard .exe. However, if I try starting the application using the NT Service control (Under Windows XP SP1) the FindNextFile API returns a '-1' consistently.
My thought is that this is an OS limitation that is intentionally prohibiting the code from running to avoid possible Trojan/Virus from spreading. However, I was wondering if anyone has run into this or knows of a workaround.
Here's the main portion of the code, much of it came from Microsoft's knowledge base...
The line below "hSearch = FindFirstFile(sDirSpec & sSpec, WFD)" returns a '-1' if the directory being searched is a UNC Path and the app. is running as a service. If scanning a local folder as a standard .exe, it returns the correct file handle.
VB Code:
Public Function LoadFiles( _ ByVal path As String, _ Optional ByVal bRecursive As Boolean = False, _ Optional ByVal pb) _ As Long Dim dircount As LongDim FileName As String ' Walking filename variable...Dim DirName As String ' SubDirectory NameDim dirNames() As String ' Buffer for directory name entriesDim nDir As Integer ' Number of directories in this pathDim i As Integer ' For-loop counter...Dim hSearch As Long ' Search HandleDim WFD As WIN32_FIND_DATADim Cont As IntegerDim FT As FILETIMEDim ST As SYSTEMTIMEDim DateCStr As String, DateMStr As StringDim sFileSpec As StringDim sDirSpec As StringDim sSpec As StringDim fileCount As Long sSpec = ts.sFilename(path, efpFileNameAndExt) sDirSpec = ts.sAppend(ts.sFilename(path, efpFilePath), "") ' Search subdirectories if necessary If bRecursive = True Then ' Search for subdirectories. nDir = 0 ReDim dirNames(nDir) Cont = True hSearch = FindFirstFile(sDirSpec & "*", WFD) If hSearch <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE Then Do While Cont DirName = StripNulls(WFD.cFileName) ' Ignore the current and encompassing directories. If (DirName <> ".") And (DirName <> "..") Then ' Check for directory with bitwise comparison. If GetFileAttributes(sDirSpec & DirName) And _ FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY Then dirNames(nDir) = DirName dircount = dircount + 1 nDir = nDir + 1 ReDim Preserve dirNames(nDir) End If End If Cont = FindNextFile(hSearch, WFD) ' Get next subdirectory. Loop Cont = FindClose(hSearch) End If End If ' Walk through this directory and sum file sizes. hSearch = FindFirstFile(sDirSpec & sSpec, WFD) Cont = True ' The value of 'hSearch' is '-1' when this code is run as a service and is scanning a UNC Path. 'MsgBox hSearch If hSearch <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE Then Cont = True While Cont FileName = StripNulls(WFD.cFileName) If (FileName <> ".") And (FileName <> "..") And _ ((GetFileAttributes(sDirSpec & FileName) And _ FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) <> FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) Then LoadFiles = LoadFiles + (WFD.nFileSizeHigh * _ MAXDWORD) + WFD.nFileSizeLow fileCount = fileCount + 1 Set oFile = New clsFile oFile.sFilename = ts.sFilename(sDirSpec, efpFilePath) & StripNulls(ts.sNT(WFD.cFileName)) mCol.Add oFile End If Cont = FindNextFile(hSearch, WFD) ' Get next file Wend Cont = FindClose(hSearch) End If LoadFiles = mCol.Count End Function
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