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"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <gambit47.no.spam@no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"JD" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>                      FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE );
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>That will be triggered whenever a file has been written to.

> Are you sure that a single file isn't simply being written
> to over and over between calls to FindFirst/NextChangeNotification(),

Yes. I tested it using two methods. The first was to add a
dummy file to the folder that I opended with NotePad and I
simply clicked File | Save. The other method was to use a
button click where I changed the file's timestamp using
FileSetDate.

> or that multiple files are being modified at the same time?

No (I used a non-networked system).

> Part of the problem with the change notification system is
> that there is no way to determine what file has actually
> been changed and why.

The folder has a reasonbly small number of files so I can take
a snapshot of the file timestamps and compare them when I get
notification so I know what file(s) have been changed.
The 'why' part is something that I still need to work on.
I'm thinking some kind of log file - which I need to implement
any way.

> That is why I suggest SHChangeNotifyRegister(), becaue it
> does support those kinds of things.

I'd sure like to use it but I have to support win98.

> Since you bring it up, though - why are you using WaitForMultipleObjects()
> anyway?  You are not actually waiting on multiple objects to
> begin with, so you should use WaitForSingleObject() instead.

Well ... Damon had it setup that way.

> I see nothing wrong with Damon's code.  However, you have
> not shown all of your own code, so I cannot compare the
> two.  Since you mentioned that you did make some changes, I
> would have to suspect that you probably changed something
> that you should't have.

I'll have to go back to my testbed and rework it again. I want
to get Damon's sample working correctly because my solution
isn't perfect. When I tested the button click method and
changed the date of 2 files, I only received one notification
BUT ... my snapshot caught the change to both files.

~ JD