Vista - Starting & stopping services

I found this code snippet that I am using, but would like some explanation
on a couple of points.

1. "StdOut", I only see where it is being set, but not used anywhere. What
is it, why would it be there (i.e. did I miss some other part of the snippet
possibly that uses it but I don't need it?).
2. When stopping the dependent services, it has errReturn =
objService.StopService(), but when the main service stops, it does
not...why?
3. What are the error return values equal to? I have found 4 so far in my
testing
a. 0 = Success (most likely)
b. 1 =
c. 5 =
d. 10 =

Thanks!

<code>
strComputer = "."
Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" &
"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
StopService "'EnterpriseVaultAdminService'"
Sub StopService(strService)
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Associators of
{Win32_Service.Name=" & strService & "} _
Where AssocClass=Win32_DependentService Role=Antecedent")
For Each objService in colServiceList
objService.StopService()
Next
WScript.Sleep 10000
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Service
where Name=" & strService)
For Each objService in colServiceList
errReturn = objService.StopService()
Next
End Sub
</code>

Sorry, bad typing, on Q3b should be errReturn 3

Thanks


"Joe Blow" <joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u6Mf7MZdJHA.1328@xxxxxx

Damn, I double apologize, my brain is not functioning this morning!

Let's just start over:

I found this code snippet that I am using, but would like some explanation
on a couple of points.

1. "StdOut", I only see where it is being set, but not used anywhere. What
is it, why would it be there (i.e. did I miss some other part of the snippet
possibly that uses it but I don't need it?).
2. When stopping the main service, it has errReturn =
objService.StopService(), but when the dependent services stop, it does
not...why?
3. What are the error return values equal to? I have found 4 so far in my
testing
a. 0 = Success (most likely)
b. 3 =
c. 5 =
d. 10 =

Thanks!

<code>
strComputer = "."
Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _
"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
StopService "'EnterpriseVaultAdminService'"
Sub StopService(strService)
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Associators of _
{Win32_Service.Name=" & strService & "} _
Where AssocClass=Win32_DependentService Role=Antecedent")
For Each objService in colServiceList
objService.StopService()
Next
WScript.Sleep 10000
Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Service
_
where Name=" & strService)
For Each objService in colServiceList
errReturn = objService.StopService()
Next
End Sub
</code>

On Jan 13, 9:36*am, "Joe Blow" <j...@xxxxxx> wrote:I don't see why you need the bit of code about StdOut.

The MSDN has a great page explaining all about the Stop Service
method:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa393673.aspx

I may be wrong, but I think that if you have a service that has
dependent services, then the dependent service must be stopped first.
Then you can try to stop the main service.

The return values for the StopService method are:

0 Success
1 Not Supported
2 Access Denied
3 Dependent Services Running
4 Invalid Service Control
5 Service Cannot Accept Control
6 Service Not Active
7 Service Request timeout
8 Unknown Failure
9 Path Not Found
10 Service Already Stopped
11 Service Database Locked
12 Service Dependency Deleted
13 Service Dependency Failure
14 Service Disabled
15 Service Logon Failed
16 Service Marked For Deletion
17 Service No Thread
18 Status Circular Dependency
19 Status Duplicate Name
20 Status - Invalid Name
21 Status - Invalid Parameter
22 Status - Invalid Service Account
23 Status - Service Exists
24 Service Already Paused

HTH,
Jennifer

"Jennifer" <Scrabble.Devotee@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:aabbfa58-7752-4746-b96c-c3466db596a3@xxxxxx
Thanks Jennifer! That does help. I already commented out the StdOut and
the script works fine without it, I was more curious what it was for, I'll
google some more for it but couldn't really find anything definitive.

I am also stopping the dependencies first. Thanks for the link and the
return values, that will help me ensure things work right.

Joe

"Joe Blow" <joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uBq3dGadJHA.1860@xxxxxxConsole commands can pick up two output streams: Standard Output and Error
Output. The syntax goes like so:

cscript //nologo c:\Joe.vbs 1>c:\standard.txt 2>c:\error.txt

When your script writes lines of text to StdOut then they will end up in
c:\standard.txt. This is a universal method used by lots of operating
systems.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ujwMQhadJHA.1328@xxxxxxThat's cool, thanks Pegasus! So by the same logic, could you write lines to
"ErrOut"?

Then, what happens if you don't give it a redirect place? Does it just
ignore it?

j

"Joe Blow" <joe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:evEDHuadJHA.4600@xxxxxxSure can - that's the essence of the whole thing?
It goes to the console (=screen). You should actually give it a try so that
you can see for yourself . . .

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OetPoUbdJHA.2112@xxxxxxI will, when I have time...not necessary for my current project.

Thanks for the pointers, much appreciated!