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"Tumurbaatar S." <nospam_tumur@magicnet.mn> wrote in message
news:41ec832f@newsgroups.borland.com...

> How to stop a service app from the its code? I.e. not in
> response of an external request, but a service stops itself.

You have a couple of choices:

1) terminate the service's ServiceThread directly

2) call the service's Controller() method to send a SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP
request back to the service

I prefer #2 myself.  It allows the OnStop event to be triggered, whereas #1
does not.

> Also, currently all my service initialization code located inside
> OnStart event handler and all cleanup code in OnStop one.

As well it should be.

> Can I use OnCreate/OnDestroy instead them?

Never use those events in C++.  They are Delphi remnants that can be
triggered before/after the constructor/destructor, respectively, which is
illegal in C++.  Use the actual constructor/destructor instead.  In any
case, the issue regarding using the constructor/destructor vs. the
OnStart/OnStop events depends on what you are actually doing in the first
place.  Some things are fine to use in the constructor/destructor, and some
things should be in the OnStart/OnStop events instead.  You need to provide
more specific details if you want a more elaborate answer.


Gambit