webstorage119/windowsservice

Class manage Windows Service - Install, Uninstall, Start, Stop action.

WindowsService

Class manage Windows Service - Install, Uninstall, Start, Stop action. I modify and combine from 2 source code

1. https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/CppWindowsService-cacf4948
2. https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/499465/Simple-Windows-Service-in-Cplusplus

Tested in Visual Studio 2017, 64bit platform and Unicode Character Set.

Getting Started

1. Create new project name is "SampleService", project type is "Windows Console Application"
2. add WindowsService.cpp and WindowsService.h in your project
3. Write script below

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "WindowsService.h"

void serve()
{
   //your logic application
}

int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *argv[])
{
	const wchar_t* serviceName = _T("SampleService");
	const wchar_t* displayName = _T("Sample Service");
	const wchar_t* serviceDependencies = _T("");
	const wchar_t* serviceAccount = _T("NT AUTHORITY\\LocalService");
	const wchar_t* servicePassword = NULL;
	int status = EXIT_FAILURE;

	//run the main service
	return Windows::Service::Main(
		serviceName,
		displayName,
		SERVICE_DEMAND_START,
		serviceDependencies,
		serviceAccount,
		servicePassword,
		serve,
		argc,
		argv);
}

4. Change project to 64bit platform.
5. Build project. Output at /x64/SampleService.exe
6. Open Console Prompt. (run as administrator)
7. SampleService.exe -install
8. SampleService.exe - remove
9. net start SampleService
10. net stop SampleService