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From: Detlef
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:22
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:22
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Hi Daryl, I understand the advantage of the ReadDirectoryChangesW function. A work around would be to use the FindFirst / FindNext functions in the directory if the content is not to large and you have some time to react on the creation of the files. But this is a work around, not a real solution. Detlef >"Daryl" <stockd@tpg.com.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:40181e38@newsgroups.borland.com... > Hi > I am using the Windows API ReadDirectoryChangesW, it appears to not reliably > monitor a network drive. I have mapped the network drive to a local > directory on the client but it appears that it is not getting all the files > (it misses some, gets most) that are added to the network drive. > > The file types are all the same, small text files approximately 3 to 5kB in > size and at the most there may be 20 files entered an hour to process. They > do not all come at once there maybe the odd occasion that 2 to 3 file arrive > at the same time, but it appears that I have the same odds as to processing > this files. > > Can anyone please shed some light on this problem? It would be good to know > if it is possible to do this or not. > > If this is not right place to ask this question please let me know a better > forum and I will try there. > > Thanks > Daryl > > >
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