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NSIS Simple Service Plugin

This plugin contains basic service functions like start, stop the 

service or checking the service status. It also contains advanced 

service functions for example setting the service description, changed

the logon account, granting or removing the service logon privilege.

== Short Reference ==

SimpleSC::InstallService [name_of_service] [display_name] [service_type] [start_type] [binary_path] [dependencies] [account] [password]

SimpleSC::RemoveService [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::StartService [name_of_service] [arguments] [timeout]

SimpleSC::StopService [name_of_service] [wait_for_file_release] [timeout]

SimpleSC::PauseService [name_of_service] [timeout]

SimpleSC::ContinueService [name_of_service] [timeout]

SimpleSC::RestartService [name_of_service] [arguments] [timeout]

SimpleSC::ExistsService [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceDisplayName [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceName [display_name]

SimpleSC::GetServiceStatus [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceDescription [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceStartType [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceBinaryPath [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceLogon [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceFailure [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceFailureFlag [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetServiceDelayedAutoStartInfo [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::SetServiceDescription [name_of_service] [service_description]

SimpleSC::SetServiceStartType [name_of_service] [start_type]

SimpleSC::SetServiceBinaryPath [name_of_service] [binary_path]

SimpleSC::SetServiceLogon [name_of_service] [account] [password]

SimpleSC::SetServiceFailure [name_of_service] [reset_period] [reboot_message] [command] [action_type_1] [action_delay_1] [action_type_2] [action_delay_2] [action_type_3] [action_delay_3] 

SimpleSC::SetServiceFailureFlag [name_of_service] [failure_actions_on_non_crash_failures]

SimpleSC::SetServiceDelayedAutoStartInfo [name_of_service] [delayed_autostart]

SimpleSC::GrantServiceLogonPrivilege [account]

SimpleSC::RemoveServiceLogonPrivilege [account]

SimpleSC::ServiceIsPaused [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::ServiceIsRunning [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::ServiceIsStopped [name_of_service]

SimpleSC::GetErrorMessage [error_code]

Parameters:

name_of_service - The name of the service used for Start/Stop commands and all further commands 

display_name - The name as shown in the service control manager applet in system control 

service_type - One of the following codes 

  1 - SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER - Driver service.

  2 - SERVICE_FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVER - File system driver service.

  16 - SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS - Service that runs in its own process. (Should be used in most cases)

  32 - SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS - Service that shares a process with one or more other services. 

  256 - SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS - The service can interact with the desktop. 

      Note: If you specify either SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS or SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS, 

            and the service is running in the context of the LocalSystem account, 

            you can also specify this value. 

            Example: SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS or SERVICE_INTERACTIVE_PROCESS - (16 or 256) = 272

      Note: Services cannot directly interact with a user as of Windows Vista. 

            Therefore, this technique should not be used in new code.

            See for more information: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683502(VS.85).aspx          

start_type - one of the following codes 

  1 - SERVICE_SYSTEM_START - Driver scm stage start 

  2 - SERVICE_AUTO_START - Service auto start (Should be used in most cases)

  3 - SERVICE_DEMAND_START - Driver/service manual start 

  4 - SERVICE_DISABLED - Driver/service disabled

service_status - one of the following codes

  1 - SERVICE_STOPPED

  2 - SERVICE_START_PENDING

  3 - SERVICE_STOP_PENDING

  4 - SERVICE_RUNNING

  5 - SERVICE_CONTINUE_PENDING

  6 - SERVICE_PAUSE_PENDING

  7 - SERVICE_PAUSED

binary_path - The path to the binary including all necessary parameters 

dependencies - Needed services, controls which services have to be started before this one; use the forward slash "/" to add more more than one service

account - The username/account which should be used 

password - Password of the aforementioned account to be able to logon as a service 

           Note: If you do not specify account/password, the local system account will be used to run the service

arguments - Arguments passed to the service main function. 

            Note: Driver services do not receive these arguments.

reset_period - The time after which to reset the failure count to zero if there are no failures, in seconds. Specify 0 (INFINITE) to indicate that this value should never be reset

reboot_message - The message to be broadcast to server users before rebooting

command - The command line of the process to execute in response to the SC_ACTION_RUN_COMMAND service controller action. This process runs under the same account as the service

timeout - Timeout in seconds of the function

action_type_x - one of the following codes for the action to be performed

  1 - SC_ACTION_RESTART - Restart the service

  2 - SC_ACTION_REBOOT - Reboot the computer (Note: The service user must have the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege)

  3 - SC_ACTION_RUN_COMMAND - Run a command

action_delay_x - The time to wait before performing the specified action, in milliseconds

failure_actions_on_non_crash_failures - This setting determines when failure actions are to be executed

  1 - The failure actions executed if the status of a service is SERVICE_STOPPED but the exit code of the service is not 0

delayed_autostart - The delayed auto-start setting of an auto-start service

  1 - The service will be started after other auto-start services are started plus a short delay

error_code - Error code of a function

service_description - The description as shown in the service control manager applet in system control 

wait_for_file_release - Wait for file release after the service is stopped. This is useful if the binary file will be overwritten after stopping the service.

  1 - WAIT - Wait for file release 

  Note: If SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS is used this option should be set to WAIT.

	If SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS is used this option should only be set to WAIT if the last service

        in the process is stopped.

== The Sample Script ==

; Install a service - ServiceType own process - StartType automatic - NoDependencies - Logon as System Account

  SimpleSC::InstallService "MyService" "My Service Display Name" "16" "2" "C:\MyPath\MyService.exe" "" "" ""

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Install a service - ServiceType interact with desktop - StartType automatic - Dependencies on "Windows Time Service" (w32time) and "WWW Publishing Service" (w3svc) - Logon as System Account

  SimpleSC::InstallService "MyService" "My Service Display Name" "272" "2" "C:\MyPath\MyService.exe" "w32time/w3svc" "" ""

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Remove a service

  SimpleSC::RemoveService "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Start a service

  SimpleSC::StartService "MyService" "" 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Start a service with two arguments "/param1=true" "/param2=1"

  SimpleSC::StartService "MyService" "/param1=true /param2=1" 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Start a service with two arguments "-p param1" "-param2"

  SimpleSC::StartService "MyService" '"-p param1" -param2' 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Stop a service and waits for file release

  SimpleSC::StopService "MyService" 1 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Stops two services and waits for file release after the last service is stopped

  SimpleSC::StopService "MyService1" 0 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  SimpleSC::StopService "MyService2" 1 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Pause a service

  SimpleSC::PauseService "MyService" 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Continue a service

  SimpleSC::ContinueService "MyService" 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Restart a service

  SimpleSC::RestartService "MyService" "" 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Restart a service with two arguments "/param1=true" "/param2=1"

  SimpleSC::RestartService "MyService" "/param1=true /param2=1" 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Start a service with two arguments "-p param1" "-param2"

  SimpleSC::RestartService "MyService" '"-p param1" -param2' 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Check if the service exists

  SimpleSC::ExistsService "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode if the service doesn´t exists (<>0)/service exists (0)

; Get the displayname of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceDisplayName "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the displayname of the service

; Get the servicename of a service by the displayname

  SimpleSC::GetServiceName "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the servicename of the service

; Get the current status of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceStatus "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; return the status of the service (See "service_status" in the parameters)

; Get the description of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceDescription "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the description of the service

; Get the start type of the service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceStartType "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the start type of the service (see "start_type" in the parameters)

; Get the binary path of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceBinaryPath "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the binary path of the service

; Get the logon user of the service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceLogon "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the logon username of the service  

; Get the failure configuration of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceFailure "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the reset period 

  Pop $2 ; returns the reboot message

  Pop $3 ; returns the command

  Pop $4 ; returns the first action (See "action_type_x" in the parameters)

  Pop $5 ; returns the first action delay 

  Pop $6 ; returns the second action (See "action_type_x" in the parameters)

  Pop $7 ; returns the second action delay 

  Pop $8 ; returns the third action (See "action_type_x" in the parameters)

  Pop $9 ; returns the third action delay 

; Get the failure flag configuration of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceFailureFlag "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the service flag

; Get the delayed auto-start configuration of a service

  SimpleSC::GetServiceDelayedAutoStartInfo "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns the delayed auto-start configuration

; Set the description of a service

  SimpleSC::SetServiceDescription "MyService" "Sample Description"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Set the starttype to automatic of a service

  SimpleSC::SetServiceStartType "MyService" "2"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Sets the service binary path

  SimpleSC::SetServiceBinaryPath "MyService" "C:\MySoftware\MyService.exe"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Sets the service logon to a user and grant the user the "SeServiceLogonPrivilege"

  SimpleSC::SetServiceLogon "MyService" "MyServiceUser" "MyServiceUserPassword"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  IntCmp $0 0 +1 Done Done ; If successful grant the service logon privilege to "MyServiceUser"

    ; Note: Every serviceuser must have the ServiceLogonPrivilege to start the service

    SimpleSC::GrantServiceLogonPrivilege "MyServiceUser"

    Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Done:

; Sets the service failure configuration - First action: Restart the service after one minute - Second action: Reboot the computer after five minutes

  SimpleSC::SetServiceFailure "MyService" "0" "" "" "1" "60000" "2" "300000" "0" "0" 

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Sets the failure flag configuration of a service

  SimpleSC::SetServiceFailureFlag "MyService" "1"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Sets the delayed auto-start configuration of a service

  SimpleSC::SetServiceDelayedAutoStartInfo "MyService" "1"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Remove the "SeServiceLogonPrivilege" from a user

  SimpleSC::RemoveServiceLogonPrivilege "MyServiceUser"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

; Check if the service is paused

  SimpleSC::ServiceIsPaused "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns 1 (service is paused) - returns 0 (service is not paused)

; Check if the service is running

  SimpleSC::ServiceIsRunning "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns 1 (service is running) - returns 0 (service is not running)

; Check if the service is stopped

  SimpleSC::ServiceIsStopped "MyService"

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  Pop $1 ; returns 1 (service is stopped) - returns 0 (service is not stopped)

; Show the error message if a function fails 

  SimpleSC::StopService "MyService" 1 30

  Pop $0 ; returns an errorcode (<>0) otherwise success (0)

  IntCmp $0 0 Done +1 +1 

    Push $0

    SimpleSC::GetErrorMessage

    Pop $0

    MessageBox MB_OK|MB_ICONSTOP "Stopping fails - Reason: $0"

  Done:

== Important Notes ==

- The function "SetServiceLogon" only works if the servicetype is 

  "SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS".

- The functions "GetServiceDescription", "SetServiceDescription", "GetServiceFailure" and 

  "SetServiceFailure" are only available on systems higher than Windows NT. 

- The function "GetServiceFailureFlag", "SetServiceFailureFlag", "GetServiceDelayedAutoStartInfo" and 

  "SetServiceDelayedAutoStartInfo" are only available on systems higher than Windows 2003.

- If you change the logon of an service to a new user you have to grant him 

  the Service Logon Privilege. Otherwise the service cannot be started by 

  the user you have assigned.

- The functions StartService, StopService, PauseService and ContinueService uses

  a timeout of 30 seconds. This means the function must be executed within 30 seconds, 

  otherwise the functions will return an error.