SQLSCMGetLocalServiceState

Determine the current execution state for a supported service.

DWORD SQLSCMGetLocalServiceState(LPSTR lpszSvc ,
LPDWORD pdwErr );

lpszSvc: As-registered name of the target service as a null-terminated character string. For Microsoft® Windows NT®, lpszSvc can indicate any registered service. For Microsoft Windows® 95/98, the value must be MSSQLServer, SQLServerAgent, or MSDTC.
pdwErr: Pointer to a DWORD. Error code as defined by Microsoft Win32®. Value is returned only when SQLSCMLocalServiceControl returns FALSE. pdwErr can be NULL. When NULL, no attempt is made to return an error code to the application.

Nonzero on successful execution. Interpret a SQLSCMGetLocalServiceState successful execution return by using these values.

Return value	Service state
SERVICE_STOPPED	Stopped
SERVICE_START_PENDING	Starting
SERVICE_STOP_PENDING	Stopping
SERVICE_RUNNING	Running
SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING	Restarting after being paused
SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING	Pausing
SERVICE_PAUSED	Paused

SERVICE_UNKNOWN on unsuccessful execution. When SQLSCMGetServiceState returns SERVICE_UNKNOWN, the DWORD pointed to by pdwErr is filled.