> > 1. My application creates a semaphore .txt file in either the \WINNT folder > > or \Windows folder, depending on which the OS uses. > >Oooh, that's bad :-) This will never have worked properly on any >version of Windows NT... Also this won't work with terminal services >as you can have multiple users connected at the same time.
I'm not sure what you mean. It works fine on Win 2000 and XP. Win 2000 has the \WINNT folder just like Win NT. XP uses the NT kernel. File is created where I expect it to be; an attempt to run a second instance encounters the file and shuts itself down as expected; file is deleted properly as long as the application shuts down in a reasonably orderly way. I don't let people install this on the server and run it from there, if that's what you're getting at, nor is it intended to run as a Terminal Server application. >There are Windows API functions to create semaphores. I have some >sample code at work that I'll post tomorrow. If it's any consolation >we used to write a semaphore file to the root of C: :-) Yeah, changing the code to just write it to C:\ is probably the way to go, actually. I just wanted to be able to write it to some standard location that would be known to exist and which a second attempted instance could check without knowing anything about the first instance. Ken www.stic-cil.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
