Figure  5 . Service Thread

DWORD CNtSvcCtrl::ServiceThread(LPVOID)
{
    BOOL b;

     // Get a pointer to the C++ object. 
    CNtSvcCtrl* pService = m_pThis;

    SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY st[] = {
        {m_pThis->m_szServiceName, ServiceMain},
        {NULL, NULL}
    };

    m_pThis->DebugMsg(
        TEXT("Calling StartServiceCtrlDispatcher()"));

     // Call the services dispatcher. This call blocks 
     // until the service stops. 
    b = ::StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(st);

    m_pThis->DebugMsg(
        TEXT("Returned from StartServiceCtrlDispatcher()"));

    return b;
}

CNtSvcCtrl* pService = m_pThis;