winservice.h

#ifndef WINSERVICE_H
#define WINSERVICE_H

    /*
     * 
     * Windows Service related functions declaration
     * By Raju Krishanppa(raju_krishnappa@yahoo.com)
     *
     */

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{

#endif                          /*  */

  /*
   * Define Constants for Register, De-register , Run As service or Console mode
   */
#define REGISTER_SERVICE 0
#define UN_REGISTER_SERVICE 1
#define RUN_AS_SERVICE 2
#define RUN_AS_CONSOLE 3


  /*
   * Error levels returned when registering or unregistering the service
  */
#define SERVICE_ERROR_NONE 0            
#define SERVICE_ERROR_SCM_OPEN 1                /* Can not open SCM */
#define SERVICE_ERROR_CREATE_SERVICE 2          /* Can not create service */
#define SERVICE_ERROR_CREATE_REGISTRY_ENTRIES 3 /* Can not create registry entries */
#define SERVICE_ERROR_OPEN_SERVICE 4            /* Can not open service (service does not exist) */
 
  /*
   * Define Message catalog ID
   * MessageId: DISPLAY_MSG
   * MessageText:  %1.
   */
#define DISPLAY_MSG                      0x00000064L

  /*
   * Hint Value to SCM to wait before sending successive commands to service
   */
#define SCM_WAIT_INTERVAL 7000

  /*
   * Define Generic String Size, to hold Error or Information
   */
#define MAX_STR_SIZE  1024

  /*
   * Delcare Global variables, which are visible to other modules 
   */
  extern BOOL g_fRunningAsService;

  /*
   * Input parameter structure to thread 
   */
  typedef struct _InputParams
  {
    DWORD Argc;
    LPTSTR *Argv;
  } InputParams;

  /*
   * Define Service Related functions
   */

  /*
   * To register application as windows service with SCM 
   */
  int RegisterService (LPCTSTR lpszServiceName,
                        LPCTSTR lpszServiceDisplayName,
                        LPCTSTR lpszServiceDescription, InputParams * StartUpArg, int quiet);

  /*
   * To unregister service 
   */
  int UnregisterService (LPCSTR lpszServiceName, int quiet);

  /*
   * To parse command line for startup option 
   */
  INT ParseCmdLineForServiceOption (INT argc, TCHAR * argv[], int *quiet);

  /*
   * To write to windows event log 
   */
  VOID WriteToEventLog (WORD wType, LPCTSTR pszFormat, ...);

  /*
   * To display generic windows error 
   */
  VOID DisplayError (LPCTSTR pszTitle, int quite);

  /*
   * To update windows service status to SCM 
   */
  static BOOL UpdateServiceStatus (DWORD dwStatus, DWORD dwErrorCode,
                                   DWORD dwWaitHint);

  /*
   * To Report current service status to SCM 
   */
  static BOOL ReportCurrentServiceStatus (VOID);

  /*
   * Service Main function,  Which will spawn a thread, and calls the
   * Service run part
   */
  VOID WINAPI ServiceMain (DWORD argc, LPTSTR argv[]);

  /*
   * To start Service 
   */

  BOOL RunAsService (INT (*ServiceFunction) (INT, LPTSTR *));

  /*
   * Call back function to process SCM Requests 
   */
  VOID WINAPI ControlHandler (DWORD dwControl);

  /*
   * To Stop the service 
   */
  VOID ProcessServiceStop (VOID);

  /*
   * To Pause service 
   */
  VOID ProcessServicePause (VOID);

  /*
   * To Continue paused service 
   */
  VOID ProcessServiceContinue (VOID);

  /*
   * To send Current Service status to SCM when INTERROGATE command is sent 
   */
  VOID ProcessServiceInterrogate (VOID);

  /*
   * To allocate and Set security descriptor 
   */
  BOOL SetSimpleSecurityAttributes (SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES * pSecurityAttr);

  /*
   * To free Security Descriptor 
   */
  VOID FreeSecurityAttributes (SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES * pSecurityAttr);

  /*
   * TheadFunction - To spawan as thread - Invokes registered service function 
   */
  DWORD WINAPI ThreadFunction (LPVOID lpParam);

  /*
   * Service STOP function registration with this framewrok
   * * this function must be invoked before calling RunAsService
   */
  VOID RegisterStopFunction (VOID (*StopFunc) (VOID));

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif                          /*  */
#endif                          /* WINSERVICE_H */

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