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"Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <ed@mulroyREMOVETHESECHARS.org> wrote in message
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> Here is a mean hack that you might try.
>
> Write a function that takes no calling parameters and returns no value
[void
> funcname(void)] and use its name in a call to atexit  Set a static global
to
> some value (1 would work) and have the code that ends the watchdog clear
it
> to zero.  Have your function check that global and end the watchdog if the
> global is non-zero.
>
> This is based on the fact that atexit items seem to be reliably executed.
> However the exception handling system and all destructors are taken apart
> before that point, so make the code stop the watchdog and not do anything
> fancy.
>

Thanks Ed.  The watchdog is handled by a class that is instantiated in the
ctor of the main form and deleted in  it's dtor.  The dtor of the watchdog,
kills the watchdog.  If I understand you correctly, you're suggesting to
write a function to delete the watchdog object and call this function in
atexit().  I will try that in the morning
though I'm not sure about atexit() when there is no logoff.  In that case,
it works fine.  If I delete several objects in the main form's dtor and then
call atexit() can I be sure that the other deletes will succeed?