Determine if Service Already Installed

Determine if a Windows service is already installed.

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

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#include <CkService.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkService service;

    service.put_ServiceName("MyService");

    //  returns -1 for failure (inability to check)
    //  returns 1 if already installed.
    //  returns 0 if not yet installed.
    long retval;
    retval = service.IsInstalled();
    if (retval < 0) {
        printf("Failed to query service control manager\n");
    }
    else {
        if (retval == 1) {
            printf("Service is already installed\n");
        }
        else {
            printf("Service is not installed\n");
        }

    }

    }