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1.1       root        1: Sample: Simple Service
                      2: 
                      3: Summary:
                      4: 
                      5: The Simple Service sample demonstrates how to create and
                      6: install a service.
                      7: 
                      8: In this particular case, the service merely opens a named
                      9: pipe of the name \\.\pipe\simple, and waits for traffic.
                     10: If it receives anything, it surrounds the input with:
                     11: 
                     12:         Hello! [<input goes here>]
                     13: 
                     14: and sends it back down the pipe to the client.
                     15: 
                     16: The service can be Started, Stopped, Paused, and Continued.
                     17: 
                     18: To install the service, first compile everything, and then
                     19: user INSTSRV to install SimpleService as follows:
                     20: 
                     21:         instsrv SimpleService <location of simple.exe>
                     22: 
                     23: Now all you have to do is start it, either using the
                     24: "net start" method or via the control panel Services applet.
                     25: 
                     26: Once the service has been started, you can use the CLIENT
                     27: program to verify that it really is working, using the syntax:
                     28: 
                     29:         client \\.\pipe\simple Hello
                     30: 
                     31: which should return the response:
                     32: 
                     33:         Hello! [Hello]
                     34: 
                     35: If, after playing with the sample you wish to remove the service,
                     36: simple say:
                     37: 
                     38:         instsrv SimpleService remove
                     39: 
                     40: Note that INSTSRV can be a little dangerous -- it'll install
                     41: and remove any service you tell it to, so be careful.
                     42: 
                     43: 
                     44: Additional reference words:
                     45: 
                     46: CloseServiceHandle, InitializeSecurityDescriptor,
                     47: SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, SetServiceStatus, OpenSCManager,
                     48: StartServiceCtrlDispatcher, RegisterEventSource,
                     49: DeregisterEventSource, RegisterServiceCtrlHandler

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