ServiceController.DependentServices Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceProcess

Assembly:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll

Package:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v9.0.0

Source:

ServiceController.cs

Gets the set of services that depends on the service associated with this ServiceController instance.

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

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

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

Public ReadOnly Property DependentServices As ServiceController()

Property Value

ServiceController[]

An array of ServiceController instances, each of which is associated with a service that depends on this service.

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 are dependent on the Event Log service.

ServiceController^ sc = gcnew ServiceController(  "Event Log" );
array<ServiceController^>^scServices = nullptr;
if ( sc )
{
   scServices = sc->DependentServices;
}

if ( sc && scServices )
{
   // Display the list of services dependent on the Event Log service.
   if ( scServices->Length == 0 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "There are no services dependent on {0}", sc->ServiceName );
   }
   else
   {
      Console::WriteLine(  "Services dependent on {0}:", sc->ServiceName );
      for each (ServiceController^ scTemp in scServices)
      {
         Console::WriteLine(" {0}", scTemp->DisplayName);
      }
   }
}

ServiceController sc =  new ServiceController("Event Log");
ServiceController[] scServices = sc.DependentServices;

// Display the list of services dependent on the Event Log service.
if (scServices.Length == 0)
{
   Console.WriteLine("There are no services dependent on {0}",
                      sc.ServiceName);
}
else
{
   Console.WriteLine("Services dependent on {0}:",
                      sc.ServiceName);

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

Dim sc As New ServiceController("Event Log")
Dim scServices As ServiceController() = sc.DependentServices

' Display the list of services dependent on the Event Log service.
If scServices.Length = 0 Then
   Console.WriteLine("There are no services dependent on {0}", sc.ServiceName)
Else
   Console.WriteLine("Services dependent on {0}:", sc.ServiceName)
   
   Dim scTemp As ServiceController
   For Each scTemp In  scServices
      Console.WriteLine(" {0}", scTemp.DisplayName)
   Next scTemp
End If

Remarks

The DependentServices array represents the services that the system stops if your application calls Stop for this service.