Using Parameter to see if Service is running (Action Script)

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Hi,
I’m trying to find the right syntax for checking for the existence of a service. I have the user enter the Service name on the Description tab before starting the action, using:

		<Description><![CDATA[<TABLE>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>
<P><LABEL for=acct><script>document.body.ontakeaction = function() {
  var acct = document.getElementById("acct").value;
  if ( acct == null || acct == "" ) {
    alert("Domain account is required");
    return false;
  }

  var pass = document.getElementById("pass").value;
  if ( pass == null || pass == "" ) {
    alert("Password is required");
    return false;
  }
  
  var svc = document.getElementById("svc").value;
  if ( svc == null || svc == "" ) {
    alert("Service Account is required");
    return false;
  }
  
  TakeSecureFixletAction( Relevance('id of current fixlet'), Relevance('id of current bes site'), "Action1", {}, {acct: acct, pass: pass, svc: svc} );
  return false;

}
</script>Domain Account:</LABEL> </P></TD>
<TD><INPUT id=acct size=19 value=DOMAIN\MYSVC name=acct> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><LABEL for=pass>Password:</LABEL> </TD>
<TD><INPUT id=pass type=password name=pass> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><LABEL for=svc>Service Account:</LABEL> </TD>
<TD><INPUT id=svc size=60 name=svc> </TD></TR>
</TBODY></TABLE>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>Domain Account will be in the format:<BR>Domain\Account&nbsp; (ie., DOMAIN\MyService)</P>]]></Description>

And then using this to test to see if the service exists (I tried to use exits to find how things were going:

if { exists service “{parameter “svc”}” }
//wait sc config “{parameter “svc”}” obj= “{parameter “acct”}” password= “{parameter “pass”}”
//wait net start {parameter “svc”}
exit (2)
else
exit (4)
endif

I commented out the wait lines until I am sure the code is working as expected.

Thanks,
Bob_K

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if { exists service “{parameter “svc”}” }

Because that’s already inside a relevance substitution, you wouldn’t use another set of curly brackets…instead try

if { exists service (parameter "svc") }

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