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Function name : OpenSCManager

Group: Service - Library: advapi32

The OpenSCManager function establishes a connection to the service control manager on the specified computer and opens the specified service control manager database.

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Declaration:

SC_HANDLE OpenSCManager(
  LPCTSTR lpMachineName,
  LPCTSTR lpDatabaseName,
  DWORD dwDesiredAccess
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER OpenSCManager IN advapi32;
	STRING lpMachineName,;
	STRING lpDatabaseName,;
	LONG   dwDesiredAccess

Parameters:

lpMachineName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the target computer.

lpDatabaseName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the service control manager database to open.

dwDesiredAccess [in] Access to the service control manager.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the specified service control manager database.

Comments:

The returned handle is only valid for the process that called the OpenSCManager function. It can be closed by calling the CloseServiceHandle function.