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Mike Collins wrote:
> .... microsofts 
> newsgroups are crap...

There is no need telling your opinion about other newsgroups here.

> I've got a 
> gina-stub running on the system that i've coded in BCB. 

Heh.. What is a gina-stub ?

> ..  I figured the best method would be to embed the html into the 
> resource and then use the TCppWebBrowser VCL to display it.  

Please show the code that does that.

> However, when I 
> drop the component on the form and run it i.e. as the gina-stub, in the 
> context of LOCAL_SYSTEM,

What does one have to do to run something 'in the context of LOCAL_SYSTEM'?

Please show a code fragment that reproduces the error.

Hans.

> There is no need telling your opinion about other newsgroups here.

hay, just wanted to point out the the borland.public newsgroups are the 
best, IMHO!

> Heh.. What is a gina-stub ?

A gina-stub is stub, feed-through or relay DLL that sits between Winlogon 
and msgina.dll.  GINA stands for Graphical Identification and 
Authentication!

>> ..  I figured the best method would be to embed the html into the 
>> resource and then use the TCppWebBrowser VCL to display it.
>
> Please show the code that does that.

- there is no code, I've simply placed the TCppWebBrowser VCL on the form - 
that is it... Including the vcl seems to have the effect of causing an 
exception of some sort..

> What does one have to do to run something 'in the context of 
> LOCAL_SYSTEM'?

Winlogon.exe which is responcible for launching the gina-stub runs in the 
context of LOCAL_SYSTEM...

> Please show a code fragment that reproduces the error.

- sorry, like i've said, there is no code to show, you will not be able to 
reproduce this error unless you to have developed a gina-stub and have 
included the TCppWebBrowser vcl with it.

> Hans. 

"Hans Galema" <notused@notused.nl> wrote in message
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> Heh.. What is a gina-stub ?

    GINA
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/secauthn/security/gina.asp

> > However, when I
> > drop the component on the form and run it i.e. as the gina-stub, in the
> > context of LOCAL_SYSTEM,
>
> What does one have to do to run something 'in the context of
LOCAL_SYSTEM'?

LOCAL_SYSTEM is a built-in system account.  Services and WinLogon run under
this account.


Gambit

"Mike Collins" <its@TheBottomOfThePost.com> wrote in message
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> I've try.. catch(...)'ed it so I know there is an exception being
generated
> after that i'm a bit stuck.

What exactly is being thrown?

> One of the problems is that there are issues using the normal ShowMessage
> or MessageBox api's in this context so it's a bit difficult to debug.

The Win32 API MessageBox() function should be working fine.  Don't use the
VCL's TApplication::MessageBox() method.

> I've tried displaying GetLastError on one of the captions on the
> form but all I get is that the Operation was complete sucessfully.

The return value of GetLastError() sometimes gets reset when a VCL exception
is thrown.  There is a bug in the Exception constructor that does not
preserve the existing value of GetLastError().


Gambit

Thanks for the pointers...

I initially posted on the of chance that this might be a known bug as is 
sometimes the case.  I didn't know about GetLastError being reset so i will 
persue the reporting of the exception further.  As for the Win32 api 
MessageBox, there are some issues using - winlogon provides a wrapper for 
it, WlxMessageBox but my form can't see this wrapper or the 
WinlogonFunctions from the point where the expection is being generated.

Also, as a closing point (and showing my lack of knowledge) what is the best 
way to report the exception when you capture it with catch (...)?

Many thanks for your time,

Mike C


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