How to start or stop Interbase service (Views: 711)
Problem/Question/Abstract: How to start or stop Interbase service Answer: Do you need to shutdown the Interbase db service e.g. for an installation program and afterwards restart it? You could do this with a lot of Delphi code involving unit WinSvc and function calls to OpenSCManager() EnumServicesStatus() OpenService() StartService() or ControlService(). But luckily there is a much easier solution that uses the NET.EXE program which has been part of Windows since Windows for Workgroups (Wfw 3.11). Just create the two batch files IBSTOP.BAT IBSTART.BAT and call them from your code. You may want to call them and wait for their termination. IBSTOP.BAT ============= @echo off net stop "InterBase Guardian" >NULL net stop "InterBase Server" >NULL IBSTART.BAT ============= @echo off net start "Interbase Guardian" >NULL |