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StartFirewallService Method of the IFPCServer Interface

The StartFirewallService method starts the Microsoft Firewall service on the server.

C++

Syntax

HRESULT StartFirewallService(
  [in, optional]  VARIANT_BOOL fWaitUntilComplete
);

Parameters

  • fWaitUntilComplete
    Boolean value that specifies whether the method waits for the operation to complete before returning S_OK or an error. The default value is VARIANT_TRUE.

Return Value

This method returns S_OK if the call is successful; otherwise, it returns an error code.

Visual Basic

Syntax

Sub StartFirewallService( _
  [ ByVal fWaitUntilComplete As Boolean ] _
)

Parameters

  • fWaitUntilComplete
    Boolean value that specifies whether the method waits for the operation to complete before returning or raising an error. The default value is True.

Return Value

This method has no return values. If the call is unsuccessful, an error is raised that can be intercepted by using an error handler.

Remarks

Call the StopFirewallService method to stop the Firewall service on the server.

Requirements

Client Requires Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
Server Requires Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition with SP2.
Version Requires Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010.
IDL

Declared in Msfpccom.idl.

DLL

Requires Msfpccom.dll.

See Also

FPCServer

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