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Iain Clarke wrote:
Nalek came up with some solutions.

Another one... Write to file AAAA.aaa, then when you're done with it, close it, and rename it to BBBB.bbb, and the server can then catch that file.

I suppose that is an irony to say my solutions suck. For next times, I prefer a simple "this is bad, is better that". I know I am limited, but I try and from corrections like yours

Iain Clarke wrote:
I trust you're using FindFirstChangeNotification etc for this job

I learn too.

Greetings.
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Iain Clarke wrote:
I hope the server is not in a loop continouusly checking for the file...

That's what his "server is continuously searching that directory" comment is implying.

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Can we restart the system programatically?
Can you show me tha way?

Thank you.

Saadhinchaali

The following is from MSDN :

BOOL WINAPI InitiateSystemShutdown(
__in_opt LPTSTR lpMachineName,
__in_opt LPTSTR lpMessage,
__in DWORD dwTimeout,
__in BOOL bForceAppsClosed,
__in BOOL bRebootAfterShutdown
);

Initiates a shutdown and optional restart of the specified computer.

To record a reason for the shutdown in the event log, call the InitiateSystemShutdownEx function.

However, note the following :

To shut down the local computer, the calling thread must have the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege.

To tweak privileges, use OpenProcessToken(), LookupPrivilegeValue(), AdjustTokenPrivileges().

Best of luck,
Bio.

See ExitWindowsEx.

Thank you so much guys.

Saadhinchaali

You're welcome. Wink | ;)

This is my code for the Getting the special folder path, which is not working on the Windows 98. ( Same application works well on the Windws XP Pro.

1. Is anything remainig in my code?

2.any better way to do this task?

I have also tried following function on Windows 98, but still unable to get proper result.

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
SHGetFolderPath
SHGetFolderLocation

Code =>

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BOOL bRet ;   <br />
char spath[MAX_PATH];<br />
bRet = SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, (LPSTR)spath, CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES, 0);               <br />
AfxMessageBox(spath);

According to the MSDN[^] CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES is not supported before version 5.0 (Windows XP)

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Staff Engineer<br />
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Then how to get the Program files and other folder which are not supported in that version?

How about this.

You're program was probably installed there?
If so, use GetModuleFilename() to figure out where you run from and therefore where program files are.

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Staff Engineer<br />
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According to the MSDN-page for SHGetFolderPath

"[SHGetFolderPath] is a superset of SHGetSpecialFolderPath, included with earlier versions of the Shell. On systems preceeding those including Shell32.dll version 5.0 (Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) and Windows 2000), SHGetFolderPath was obtained through SHFolder.dll, distributed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and later versions. SHFolder.dll always calls the current platform's version of this function. If that fails, it will try to simulate the appropriate behavior. SHFolder.dll continues to be included for backward compatibility, though the function is now implemented in Shell32.dll."

And CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES is specifically mentioned as supported. That sounds as if this would work with Win98!