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"Tom" <tom@net.com> wrote in message news:43b2e11a@newsgroups.borland.com...

> My application has three radiobuttons (Stand By, Shutdown and
> Restart) I also have a TEdit control in which user enters desired time
> to execute selected option (format is HH:MM:SS -> for example
> shutdown my computer at 19:15:00)

Then I suggest you not try to replace/alter the existing shutdown dialog for
that.  Provide your own configuration dialog in your application that teh
user can bring up at any time.  Once the user's desired time value has been
saved, you can have the application continuously monitor the current system
time.  When the configured system time arrives, call the ExitWindows/Ex()
function to perform the desired shutdown operation programmably.

> What I'm trying to do is not to have a shortcut on my desktop and
> not to call my application by double click on the icon on the desktop

You could write a service that automatically runs in the background at
system startup, continuously monitoring the time.  You could then provide a
separate .exe or .cpl executable for configuring the service.  In the case
of the .cpl, since it becomes part of the system's Control Panel, you can
make it so only admins can run it, and thus only admins can change the time
your shutdown operation is performed.  You could also specify admin
permisions to the .exe if you want to go that route instead.

> or anywhere else, but to call it by clicking on the Start->Turn Off
Computer.

Why, though?  That is not necessary, and it makes things harder not only for
you, but for the user as well.


Gambit