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struct MyStruct {
  string el1;
  string el2;
};
// ...
// Output to the stream
string text;
char tab = 0x9;
MyStruct myStruct;
myStruct.el1 = "Some text";
myStruct.el2 = "Some more text";

// Create an output string stream
ostringstream output (text);

// Stream out the structure members using a tab as a separator
output << myStruct.el1 << tab << myStruct.el2;
text = output.str (); // Why do I have to do this bit?

// ...
// Fill the structure from the text
// Create an input string stream
istringstream input (text);

// Read in the text from the string stream into the structure
input >> myStruct.el1 >> myStruct.el2;

int 
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
	g_bService = FALSE;
	g_bStop = FALSE;
	//We might be a service
	//Test to see if installed
	SC_HANDLE hManager;
	SC_HANDLE hResult;
	SC_HANDLE hService;
	hManager = OpenSCManager(NULL,NULL,SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS);
	if (hManager)
	{
		hService = OpenService(hManager,"icecast",SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS);
		if (hService)
		{
			g_bService = TRUE;
			//Tell the Service Manager that we are alive!
			SERVICE_TABLE_ENTRY DispatchTable[] =
			{
				{"icecast", IcecastMain},
				{ NULL, NULL}
			};
			
			if (!StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(DispatchTable))
			{
				SvcDebugOut("[ICECAST] StartServiceCtrlDispatcher error=%d\n",GetLastError());
			}
		}
	}
	else
	{
		IcecastMain(argc, argv);
	}
	/* Print header, select console mode, start the main loop */
	startup_mode (); /* Never returns */
	return 0;
}

DECLARE_HANDLE(SC_HANDLE);
typedef SC_HANDLE   *LPSC_HANDLE;