🚀 go-pugleaf

Don't know what to say on your effort and persistance, except thank you 
very much.

Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "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
> 
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