ServiceController.WaitForStatus Method (ServiceControllerStatus, TimeSpan)
Waits for the service to reach the specified status or for the specified time-out to expire.
Namespace: System.ServiceProcess
Assembly: System.ServiceProcess (in System.ServiceProcess.dll)
Parameters
- desiredStatus
- Type: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus
The status to wait for.
- timeout
- Type: System.TimeSpan
A TimeSpan object specifying the amount of time to wait for the service to reach the specified status.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| InvalidEnumArgumentException | The desiredStatus parameter is not any of the values defined in the ServiceControllerStatus enumeration. |
| TimeoutException | The value specified for the timeout parameter expires. |
Use WaitForStatus to suspend an application's processing until the service has reached the required status.
 Note |
|---|
The WaitForStatus method waits approximately 250 milliseconds between each status check. WaitForStatus cannot detect the case of the observed service changing to the desiredStatus and then immediately to another status in that interval. |
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
