ServiceController.ExecuteCommand Method

When you call ExecuteCommand, the status of the service does not change. If the service was started, the status remains Running. If the service was stopped, the status remains Stopped, and so on. To process the custom command, the service must override the OnCustomCommand method and provide a handler for the command identified by the command parameter.

The following code example shows the use of the ServiceController.ExecuteCommand(Int32) method to execute custom commands in the SimpleService service example. See the ServiceBase class for the sample code for the SimpleService service.

using System;
using System.ServiceProcess;

namespace test_exec_cmnd
{
    class Program
    {
        private enum SimpleServiceCustomCommands { StopWorker = 128, RestartWorker, CheckWorker };
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ServiceController myService = new ServiceController("SimpleService");
            myService.ExecuteCommand((int)SimpleServiceCustomCommands.StopWorker);
            myService.ExecuteCommand((int)SimpleServiceCustomCommands.RestartWorker);
            myService.ExecuteCommand((int)SimpleServiceCustomCommands.CheckWorker);


        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

• ServiceControllerPermission  

  for controlling services on the computer. Associated enumeration: ServiceControllerPermissionAccess.Control

• SecurityPermission  

  for unrestricted access to service information. Associated enumeration: PermissionState.Unrestricted

• 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 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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