ServiceController.ExecuteCommand(Int32) Method

public:
 void ExecuteCommand(int command);

public void ExecuteCommand (int command);

member this.ExecuteCommand : int -> unit

Public Sub ExecuteCommand (command As Integer)

Parameters

Exceptions

Examples

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

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);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.ServiceProcess



Class Program
    
    Private Enum SimpleServiceCustomCommands
        StopWorker = 128
        RestartWorker
        CheckWorker '
    End Enum 'SimpleServiceCustomCommands

    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) 
        Dim myService As New ServiceController("SimpleService")
        myService.ExecuteCommand(Fix(SimpleServiceCustomCommands.StopWorker))
        myService.ExecuteCommand(Fix(SimpleServiceCustomCommands.RestartWorker))
        myService.ExecuteCommand(Fix(SimpleServiceCustomCommands.CheckWorker))
    
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

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.

Applies to

See also

• OnCustomCommand(Int32)