Hi Naomi,
Thanks for the reply. What I want to do is monitor a file and know when it's being written to. I've played with the VFP API sample
that uses bindevent, but it only registers file creation/deletion not updates.

I'm hoping there is an argument to look at file update events as well as creation/deletion. I tried both substituting and adding SHCNE_UPDATEITEM to the example's WM_USER_SHNOTIFY, but I have no idea what might be the correct arg or combination.

Gary

>>Hi all,
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>>I'm trying to figure out how to detect an update in a text file. I want to monitor updates to a log file from a 3rd party application. I looked at the VFP 9 sample and tweaked it to point at a specific file easily enough, but it only reports file deletion/creation, not updates to the file. Does anyone know how to intercept a file update?
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>>Thanks.
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>>Gary
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>Not sure, if this is helpful, but check Re: Send signals to each user using same system Thread #1293566