Can anyone guide me on this step wise please,how to install this service

EDN Admin · May 25, 2012

I have the following files to make a service and have no idea how to create,install and run the service.Which file to add to a solution and which not

Memservice.c
// The first Windows Service application 
#include <windows.h> 
#include <stdio.h> 
 
// Make sure that the path is correct - that the folder exists 
#define SLEEP_TIME 5000 
#define LOGFILE "C:\MyServices\memstatus.txt" 
 
// Replace with wide-chars 
int WriteToLog(char* str) 
{ 
FILE* log; 
log = fopen(LOGFILE, "a+"); 
if (log == NULL) 
return -1; 
fprintf(log, "%sn", str); 
fclose(log); 
return 0; 
} 
 
 
SERVICE_STATUS ServiceStatus;
 
SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE hStatus; 
 
void ServiceMain(int argc, char** argv); 
void ControlHandler(DWORD request); 
int InitService(); 
 
void main() 
{ 
SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY ServiceTable[2]; 
ServiceTable[0].lpServiceName = "MemoryStatus"; 
ServiceTable[0].lpServiceProc = (LPSERVICE_MAIN_FUNCTION)ServiceMain; 
 
ServiceTable[1].lpServiceName = NULL; 
ServiceTable[1].lpServiceProc = NULL; 
// Start the control dispatcher thread for our service 
StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(ServiceTable); 
} 
 
// Service initialization 
int InitService() 
{ 
int result; 
result = WriteToLog("Monitoring started."); 
return(result); 
} 
 
void ServiceMain(int argc, char** argv) 
{ 
int error; 
MEMORYSTATUS memory; 
char buffer[16]; 
int result; 
 
ServiceStatus.dwServiceType = SERVICE_WIN32; 
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_START_PENDING; 
ServiceStatus.dwControlsAccepted = SERVICE_ACCEPT_STOP | SERVICE_ACCEPT_SHUTDOWN; 
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = 0; 
ServiceStatus.dwServiceSpecificExitCode = 0; 
ServiceStatus.dwCheckPoint = 0; 
ServiceStatus.dwWaitHint = 0; 
 
hStatus = RegisterServiceCtrlHandler( 
"MemoryStatus", 
(LPHANDLER_FUNCTION)ControlHandler); 
if (hStatus == (SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE)0) 
{ 
// Registering Control Handler failed 
return; 
} 
// Initialize Service 
error = InitService(); 
if (error) 
{ 
// Initialization failed 
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED; 
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = -1; 
SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &ServiceStatus); 
return; 
} 
 
// We report the running status to SCM. 
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_RUNNING; 
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus); 
 
// The worker loop of a service 
while (ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState == SERVICE_RUNNING) 
{ 
GlobalMemoryStatus(&memory); 
sprintf(buffer, "%d", memory.dwAvailPhys); 
result = WriteToLog(buffer); 
if (result) 
{ 
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
 
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = -1;
 
SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &ServiceStatus); 
return; 
} 
Sleep(SLEEP_TIME); 
} 
return; 
} 
 
void ControlHandler(DWORD request) 
{ 
switch(request) 
{ 
case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP: 
WriteToLog("Monitoring stopped."); 
 
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
 
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
 
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus); 
return; 
 
case SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN: 
WriteToLog("Monitoring stopped."); 
 
ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode = 0;
 
ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState = SERVICE_STOPPED;
 
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus); 
return; 
 
default: 
break; 
} 
 
// Report current status 
SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus); 
return; 
} 
 
 
InstallService.txt//Whether i should be a .txt file or .c file,it should be added to solution or not where to keep it???
#include <windows.h> 
 
#include <stdio.h> 
 
 
 
int main() 
 
{ 
 
SC_HANDLE schSCManager, schService; 
 
// The service executable location, just dummy here else make sure the executable is there

)... 
 
LPCTSTR lpszBinaryPathName = "%SystemRoot%\system\mytestservice.exe"; 
 
// Service display name... 
 
LPCTSTR lpszDisplayName = "My_Sample_Service"; 
 
// Registry Subkey 
 
LPCTSTR lpszServiceName = "MySampleSrv"; 
 
// Open a handle to the SC Manager database... 
 
schSCManager = OpenSCManager( 
 
NULL, // local machine 
 
NULL, // SERVICES_ACTIVE_DATABASE database is opened by default 
 
SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS); // full access rights 
 
 
 
if (NULL == schSCManager) 
 
printf("OpenSCManager() failed, error: %d.n", GetLastError()); 
 
else 
 
printf("OpenSCManager() looks OK.n"); 
 
 
 
// Create/install service... 
 
schService = CreateService( 
 
schSCManager, // SCManager database 
 
lpszServiceName, // name of service 
 
lpszDisplayName, // service name to display 
 
SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS, // desired access 
 
SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS, // service type 
 
SERVICE_DEMAND_START, // start type 
 
SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL, // error control type 
 
lpszBinaryPathName, // services binary 
 
NULL, // no load ordering group 
 
NULL, // no tag identifier 
 
NULL, // no dependencies 
 
NULL, // LocalSystem account 
 
NULL); // no password 
 
 
 
if (schService == NULL) 
 
{ 
 
printf("CreateService() failed.n"); 
 
return FALSE; 
 
} 
 
else 
 
{ 
 
printf("CreateService() for %s looks OK.n", lpszServiceName); 
 
if (CloseServiceHandle(schService) == 0) 
 
printf("CloseServiceHandle() failed, error: %d.n", GetLastError()); 
 
else 
 
printf("CloseServiceHandle() is OK.n"); 
 
 
 
return 0; 
 
} 
 
}
Interactive_services.txt// Whether i should be a .txt file or .c file,it should be added to solution or not where to keep it???
#include <windows.h> 
 
 
 
STARTUPINFO si; 
 
PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInformation; 
 
 
 
si.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO); 
 
si.lpReserved = NULL; 
 
si.lpTitle = NULL; 
 
si.lpDesktop = "WinSta0\Default"; 
 
si.dwX = si.dwY = si.dwXSize = si.dwYSize = 0L; 
 
si.dwFlags = 0; 
 
si.wShowWindow = SW_SHOW; 
 
si.lpReserved2 = NULL; 
 
si.cbReserved2 = 0; 
 
if (CreateProcess(NULL, lpszCmdLine, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &ProcessInformation)) 
 
{ 
 
CloseHandle(ProcessInformation.hProcess); 
 
CloseHandle(ProcessInformation.hThread); 
 
} 

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