[ros-dev] svcctl.idl: Why "Scmr"-prefix?

Eric Kohl eric.kohl at t-online.de
Fri Aug 11 21:47:52 CEST 2006


Elrond wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking at svcctl.idl in ros.
> I wonder, where the "Scmr"-prefix comes from?
> googling for say "ScmrCloseServiceHandle" gives only
> results from reactos, nothing else.

   Service
   Control
   Manager
   Remote Interface

> Was the prefix choosen arbitrarily and could have well been
> "Ros" instead?

I chose this prefix in order to distinguish the remote interface 
functions from the internal SCM functions and from the public interface 
  to the SCM.


Regards,
Eric


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