Miscellaneous

Controlling NT services

A small convenience feature, to start/stop NT services.

<!-- Restart W3SVC -->

<service serviceName="w3svc" command='isInstalled' outTo='installed' />

<print>Service is ${=$installed?'installed':'not installed'}</print>

<if isTrue='${installed}'>

        <service serviceName="w3svc" command='stop' />

        <print>Stopping</print>

        <service serviceName="w3svc" command='waitForStopped' />

        <print>Stopped</print>

        <service serviceName="w3svc" command='start' />

        <print>Starting</print>

        <service serviceName="w3svc" command='waitForRunning' />

        <print>Done</print>

</if>

Delaying and timing script execution

<!-- Wait for 5 seconds, then for 3 more seconds, then print the elapsed time (should be around 8 seconds if my math is right) -->

<timer format="elapsed" outTo="tm">

        <print newline='false'>Waiting for 5 seconds...   </print>

        <sleep timeout='00:00:05' />

        <print newline='false'>Almost ...</print>

        <sleep timeout='3000' />

        <print>Done!</print>

</timer>

<print>Elapsed: ${tm}</print>