[Dev-C++] Coding Windows Services

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Hey Guys!
This is my frist post (wow)
I've been trying to code a service using Dev-Cpp and as any
good-boy rookie I started at the tutorials. I tried the
following Example code, and though it compiled ok, the
StartServiceCtrlDispatcher() function kept on returning
error 1066 (which is "service exited with a specific error
code"), and the ServiceMain() function never started..
Can any of you guys give me hand ?
here is the source

// Test Service
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define SLEEP_TIME 5000
#define LOGFILE "c:\memstatus.txt"
SERVICE_STATUS ServiceStatus;
SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE hStatus;

void  ServiceMain(int argc, char** argv);
void  ControlHandler(DWORD request);
int InitService();
int WriteToLog(char* str)
{
 FILE* log;
 log =3D fopen(LOGFILE, "a+");
 if (log =3D=3D NULL)
  return -1;
 fprintf(log, "%s\n", str);
 fclose(log);
 return 0;
}
int main()
{   WriteToLog("\nApp Starting");
    SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY ServiceTable[2];
    ServiceTable[0].lpServiceName =3D "MemoryStatus";
    ServiceTable[0].lpServiceProc =3D
(LPSERVICE_MAIN_FUNCTION)ServiceMain;
    ServiceTable[1].lpServiceName =3D NULL;
    ServiceTable[1].lpServiceProc =3D NULL;
    // Start the control dispatcher thread for our service
    StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(ServiceTable);
    WriteToLog("\nApp Ending");
}

void ServiceMain(int argc, char** argv)
{   WriteToLog("Entering ServiceMain");
    int error;

    ServiceStatus.dwServiceType        =3D
SERVICE_WIN32_OWN_PROCESS ;
    ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState       =3D
SERVICE_START_PENDING;
    ServiceStatus.dwControlsAccepted   =3D SERVICE_ACCEPT_STOP
| SERVICE_ACCEPT_SHUTDOWN;
    ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode      =3D 0;
    ServiceStatus.dwServiceSpecificExitCode =3D 0;
    ServiceStatus.dwCheckPoint         =3D 0;
    ServiceStatus.dwWaitHint           =3D 0;

    hStatus =3D RegisterServiceCtrlHandler(
  "MemoryStatus",
  (LPHANDLER_FUNCTION)ControlHandler);
    if (hStatus =3D=3D (SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE)0)
    {
        // Registering Control Handler failed
        return;
    }
    // Initialize Service
    error =3D InitService();
    if (error)
    {

        ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState       =3D
SERVICE_STOPPED;
        ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode      =3D -1;
        SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
        return;
    }
    // We report the running status to SCM.
    ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState =3D SERVICE_RUNNING;
    SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);

    MEMORYSTATUS memory;
    // The worker loop of a service
    while (ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState =3D=3D SERVICE_RUNNING)
 {
  char buffer[16];
  GlobalMemoryStatus(&memory);
  sprintf(buffer, "%d", memory.dwAvailPhys);
  int result =3D WriteToLog(buffer);
  if (result)
  {
   ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState       =3D SERVICE_STOPPED;
   ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode      =3D -1;
   SetServiceStatus(hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
   return;
  }
  Sleep(SLEEP_TIME);
 }
    return;
}

// Service initialization
int InitService()
{
    int result;
    result =3D WriteToLog("Monitoring started.");
    return(result);
}
// Control handler function
void ControlHandler(DWORD request)
{
    switch(request)
    {
        case SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP:
             WriteToLog("Monitoring stopped.");
            ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode =3D 0;
            ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState  =3D SERVICE_STOPPED;
            SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
            return;

        case SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN:
            WriteToLog("Monitoring stopped.");
            ServiceStatus.dwWin32ExitCode =3D 0;
            ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState  =3D SERVICE_STOPPED;
            SetServiceStatus (hStatus, &ServiceStatus);
            return;

        default:
            break;
    }

    // Report current status
    SetServiceStatus (hStatus,  &ServiceStatus);

    return;
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