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ServiceController.Status Property

.NET Framework 2.0

Gets the status of the service that is referenced by this instance.

Namespace: System.ServiceProcess
Assembly: System.ServiceProcess (in system.serviceprocess.dll)

public:
property ServiceControllerStatus Status {
	ServiceControllerStatus get ();
}

/** @property */
public ServiceControllerStatus get_Status ()

JScript

public function get Status () : ServiceControllerStatus

Property Value

One of the ServiceControllerStatus values that indicates whether the service is running, stopped, or paused, or whether a start, stop, pause, or continue command is pending.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
Win32Exception	An error occurred when accessing a system API.

Remarks

The status indicates the current state of the service. The set of possible values includes several that indicate whether a state-changing command is pending.

Example

The following example uses the ServiceController class to check the current status of the Telnet service. If the service is stopped, the example starts the service. If the service is running, the example stops the service.

C++

// Toggle the Telnet service - 
// If it is started (running, paused, etc), stop the service.
// If it is stopped, start the service.
ServiceController^ sc = gcnew ServiceController(  "Telnet" );
if ( sc )
{
   Console::WriteLine(  "The Telnet service status is currently set to {0}", sc->Status );
   if ( (sc->Status == (ServiceControllerStatus::Stopped) ) || (sc->Status == (ServiceControllerStatus::StopPending) ) )
   {
      // Start the service if the current status is stopped.
      Console::WriteLine(  "Starting the Telnet service..." );
      sc->Start();
   }
   else
   {
      // Stop the service if its status is not set to "Stopped".
      Console::WriteLine(  "Stopping the Telnet service..." );
      sc->Stop();
   }

   // Refresh and display the current service status.
   sc->Refresh();
   Console::WriteLine(  "The Telnet service status is now set to {0}.", sc->Status );

// Toggle the Telnet service - 
// If it is started (running, paused, etc), stop the service.
// If it is stopped, start the service.
ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("Telnet");
Console.WriteLine("The Telnet service status is currently set to {0}",
    sc.get_Status().ToString());

if (sc.get_Status().Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped) || 
    sc.get_Status().Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.StopPending)) {
    // Start the service if the current status is stopped.
    Console.WriteLine("Starting the Telnet service...");
    sc.Start();
}
else {
    // Stop the service if its status is not set to "Stopped".
    Console.WriteLine("Stopping the Telnet service...");
    sc.Stop();
}
// Refresh and display the current service status.
sc.Refresh();
Console.WriteLine("The Telnet service status is now set to {0}.", 
    sc.get_Status().ToString());

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see .

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

ServiceController Class
ServiceController Members
System.ServiceProcess Namespace

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