Determine if Service Already Installed

Determine if a Windows service is already installed.

Note:This software is available as a pre-release.

Download the Chilkat Service ActiveX here: ChilkatService.zip
Unzip and register with regsvr32.

LOCAL loService
LOCAL lnRetval

loService = CreateObject('Chilkat.Service')

loService.ServiceName = "MyService"

*  returns -1 for failure (inability to check)
*  returns 1 if already installed.
*  returns 0 if not yet installed.

lnRetval = loService.IsInstalled()
IF (lnRetval < 0) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX("Failed to query service control manager")
ELSE
    IF (lnRetval = 1) THEN
        =MESSAGEBOX("Service is already installed")
    ELSE
        =MESSAGEBOX("Service is not installed")
    ENDIF

ENDIF