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"Paul Dowd" <pauldowd@seisqc.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3fda0259@newsgroups.borland.com...

> Is there an API call or variable that gives the number of files open?

No.

> I could keep track from within my code but there are hundreds
> of them being opened and closed so that would be extremely tedious.

Why not just wrap the opening and closing in a couple of helper functions
that update a global variable internally?  For example:

    DWORD dwOpenFiles = 0;

    HANDLE OpenFile(const char *FileName)
    {
        open the file ...
        if( file was opened )
            ++dwOpenFiles;
        return the file handle;
    }

    void CloseFile(HANDLE hFile)
    {
        close the file ...
        if( file was closed )
            --dwOpenFiles;
    }

> Also, how can I increase the number of files that can be simultaneously
> open?

That depends on how you are opening them to begin with.  I assume you are
using fopen(), correct?  Why not use the CreateFile() function instead,
particularly since you are posting this question to an API newsgroup.


Gambit