ServiceBase.ServiceHandle Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceProcess

Assembly:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll

Package:

System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v9.0.0

Source:

ServiceBase.cs

Gets the service control handle for the service.

protected:
 property IntPtr ServiceHandle { IntPtr get(); };

protected IntPtr ServiceHandle { get; }

member this.ServiceHandle : nativeint

Protected ReadOnly Property ServiceHandle As IntPtr

Property Value

IntPtr

nativeint

An IntPtr structure that contains the service control handle for the service.

Remarks

The service control handle is used to communicate with the Service Control Manager (SCM). The handle can be used to update the service control manager's status information for the calling service using the unmanaged SetServiceStatus function.