IShellDispatch2.CanStartStopService method

Determines if the current user can start and stop the named service.

Syntax

retVal = IShellDispatch2.CanStartStopService(
  sServiceName
)

IShellDispatch2.CanStartStopService( _
  ByVal sServiceName As String _
) As Variant

Parameters

sServiceName [in]

Type: String

A String that contains the name of the service.

Return value

JScript

Type: Variant*

Returns true if the user can start and stop the service; otherwise, false.

VB

Type: Variant*

Returns true if the user can start and stop the service; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method is implemented and accessed through the Shell.CanStartStopService method.

This method is not currently available in Microsoft Visual Basic.

Examples

The following examples show the usage of CanStartStopService for JScript and VBScript.

JScript:

<script language="JScript">
    function fnCanStartStopServiceJ()
    {
        var objShell = new ActiveXObject("shell.application");
        var bReturn;

        bReturn = objShell.CanStartStopService("service name");
    }
</script>

VBScript:

<script language="VBScript">
    function fnCanStartStopServiceVB()
        dim objShell
        dim bReturn

        set objShell = CreateObject("shell.application")

        bReturn = objShell.CanStartStopService("service name")

        set objShell = nothing
    end function
</script>

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