typedef struct _SERVICE_STATUS {
DWORD dwServiceType;
DWORD dwCurrentState;
DWORD dwControlsAccepted;
DWORD dwWin32ExitCode;
DWORD dwServiceSpecificExitCode;
DWORD dwCheckPoint;
DWORD dwWaitHint;
} SERVICE_STATUS, *LPSERVICE_STATUS;
dwServiceType
Value to indicate the type of service this is.
| Value | Meaning |
| SERVICE_WIN32 | a service which runs in a Win32 process. |
| SERVICE_DRIVER | an NT device driver. |
dwCurrentState
Value which indicates the current state of a service.
| Value | Meaning |
| SERVICE_STOPPED | Service is not running. |
| SERVICE_START_PENDING | Service is starting. |
| SERVICE_STOP_PENDING | Service is stopping. |
| SERVICE_RUNNING | Service is running. |
| SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING | Service continue is pending. |
| SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING | Service pause is pending. |
| SERVICE_PAUSED | Service is paused. |
dwControlsAccepted
Value which indicates the controls which the service will accept and process.
| Value | Meaning |
| SERVICE_ACCEPT_STOP | Service can be stopped. |
| SERVICE_ACCEPT_PAUSE_CONTINUE | Service can be paused and continued. |
dwWin32ExitCode
Win32 error code which indicates the cause of service termination. This value is used by the service to report the reason for start or shutdown failure. The service should set this value to NO_ERROR when it is running and on normal termination. If a service rather return an error code which is specific to the service, this value must be set to ERROR_SERVICE_SPECIFIC_ERROR to indicate that there is a service specific error code returned in dwServiceSpecificExitCode.
dwServiceSpecificExitCode
Service specific error code which is returned when the service has encountered a start or shutdown failure. This value is ignored unless dwWin32ExitCode is set to ERROR_SERVICE_SPECIFIC_ERROR.
dwCheckPoint
Value which is periodically incremented by the service to show progress to the user interface program while running in a lengthy pending state. This value is not valid and should be 0 when the service is not in a pending state.
dwWaitHint
Hint time value in number of milliseconds for an existing pending operation to complete. The user interface program waits this amount of time before checking to see if the service has completed its pending operation. If not, it looks at dwCheckPoint to make sure that it had been incremented, i.e. the service is not hung, before it waits this amount of time again. This value is not valid and should be 0 when the service is not in a pending state.