Windows services management
Wow, it's been a long time since I last updated the blog. Life, you know. OK, today I bring you a very simple library to manage the Windows services you may have created (either with LabVIEW or in another language, it doesn't matter). These VIs allow to install and uninstall the service, as well as running it, stopping it and getting its current status. A lot of extra functionalities could be added if ever needed, you'll see they're extremely easy to use and modify. Download Services LLB (library and class for LabVIEW 2016) The main part of the library is made up of service.lvclass , a LabVIEW class that wraps the provided functions: install, start, stop, get status and uninstall. Maybe using GOOP here is overkill, but it's easier this way, just deploy init and close to create and dispose an instance and call the other VIs in between. This class uses .NET methods inside and as such is only valid for a Windows OS, but we are talking about Windows services her