Ken, Write a small application you can get to the client. This application will have a couple of things available to them. 1) The ability to delete the semaphore file 2) using ShellExec API, launch Explorer in the paths common to what the application uses, or you need to get to.
There is a setting in the registry that changes the amount of time Windows will wait for a service or application to gracefully exit before stopping it down during shutdown. Consider adjusting the messagebox timeout to 15 seconds when the ON SHUTDOWN has been fired. Tracy -----Original Message----- From: Ken Dibble Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:16 PM >1. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows >AppData is a Hidden folder Thanks for responding. Hm. I do know that if I hunt enough, I can find a way to run good ol' Windows Explorer in Vista, from which I should theoretically be able to get hidden files unhidden. But if everything isn't where I expect to find it, or if UAC gets in the way of changing file access attributes, I'm not sure I know enough to talk somebody through it over the phone. Hopefully she managed to find the file. Otherwise she's going to have to have somebody come in to deal with it; she's two hours away from me one way. >2. If you have an open edit, or a dialog like MessageBox open, the >Shutdown will not handle these instances properly. My MessageBoxes all time out after 30 seconds. I would assume in that case that the shutdown would proceed after the timeout. It certainly does in an ordinary shutdown (via the "X" button in the main window) when a MessageBox is open. I'm not sure what you mean by an "open edit". I do not bind form controls to table fields nor do I mess with tables in form DataEnvironments. I use nonvisual Business and Data Manager objects for all CRUD operations. All classes that host added objects through composition on the fly explicitly remove those objects when they (the hosts) are destroyed. I don't use private datasessions. My On Shutdown routine calls a method of my Form Manager object to close all open windows. After CLEAR EVENTS, it issues CLOSE ALL among other things. Am I missing something on MessageBoxes or open tables? Thanks again. Ken Dibble 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.
