ServiceController.ServicesDependedOn Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceProcess

Assembly:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll

Package:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v9.0.0

Source:

ServiceController.cs

The set of services that this service depends on.

public:
 property cli::array <System::ServiceProcess::ServiceController ^> ^ ServicesDependedOn { cli::array <System::ServiceProcess::ServiceController ^> ^ get(); };

public System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[] ServicesDependedOn { get; }

member this.ServicesDependedOn : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[]

Public ReadOnly Property ServicesDependedOn As ServiceController()

Property Value

ServiceController[]

An array of ServiceController instances, each of which is associated with a service that must be running for this service to run.

Exceptions

Win32Exception

An error occurred when accessing a system API.

InvalidOperationException

The service was not found.

Examples

The following example uses the ServiceController class to display the set of services that the Messenger service is dependent on.

ServiceController^ sc = gcnew ServiceController(  "Messenger" );
array<ServiceController^>^scServices = nullptr;
if ( sc )
{
   scServices = sc->ServicesDependedOn;
}

if ( sc && scServices )
{
   // Display the services that the Messenger service is dependent on.
   if ( scServices->Length == 0 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "{0} service is not dependent on any other services.", sc->ServiceName );
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "{0} service is dependent on the following:", sc->ServiceName );
      for each (ServiceController^ scTemp in scServices)
      {
         Console::WriteLine(" {0}", scTemp->DisplayName);
      }
   }
}

ServiceController sc = new ServiceController("Messenger");
ServiceController[] scServices= sc.ServicesDependedOn;

// Display the services that the Messenger service is dependent on.
if (scServices.Length == 0)
{
   Console.WriteLine("{0} service is not dependent on any other services.",
                      sc.ServiceName);
}
else
{
   Console.WriteLine("{0} service is dependent on the following:",
                      sc.ServiceName);

   foreach (ServiceController scTemp in scServices)
   {
      Console.WriteLine(" {0}", scTemp.DisplayName);
   }
}

Dim sc As New ServiceController("Messenger")
Dim scServices As ServiceController() = sc.ServicesDependedOn

' Display the services that the Messenger service is dependent on.
If scServices.Length = 0 Then
   Console.WriteLine("{0} service is not dependent on any other services.", sc.ServiceName)
Else
   Console.WriteLine("{0} service is dependent on the following:", sc.ServiceName)
   
   Dim scTemp As ServiceController
   For Each scTemp In  scServices
      Console.WriteLine(" {0}", scTemp.DisplayName)
   Next scTemp
End If

Remarks

If any service in the ServicesDependedOn array is not running, you will not be able to start this service.