WinServ is a boilerplate for creating windows service in C++.
- Visual Studio 2019 or higher.
- Microsoft Visual C++
Open the code in Visual Studio. Go to entry point script at WinServ/EntryPoint.cpp and define following as per your service requirement:
SERVICE_NAME L"<your-service-name>"
SERVICE_DISPLAY_NAME L"<display name of your service>"
SERVICE_START_TYPE <service startup options>
SERVICE_DEPENDENCIES L"<list of service dependencies>"
SERVICE_ACCOUNT L"<service account name>"
Go to ServiceWorkerThread() in WinServ/WinService.cpp and add your service logic. By default it simply prints "WinServ is running" every 50 seconds.
If you want to execute any code when service starts or stops, you can add it in OnStart() and OnStop() function in WinServ/WinService.cpp
Build the project in Visual Studio and obtain the executable WinServ.exe.
Install Service
WinServ.exe -install
Now you can go to Service utility and start/stop your service or you can use sc utility in Command Prompt.
Uninstall Service
WinServ.exe -remove
Windows has a utility Event Viewer which is a legacy tool designed to aggregate event logs from apps and system components into an easily digestible structure. This service will log any error or output in event viewer. You can use syntax below to add logs in Event Viewer:
WriteEventLogEntry(L"Sample log message", EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE);
Following log types are supported:
EVENTLOG_SUCCESS
EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE
EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE
EVENTLOG_AUDIT_SUCCESS
EVENTLOG_AUDIT_FAILURE
This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Please feel free to create a PR, report an issue or put up a feature request.
WinServe is licensed under the MIT License.