I'd love to know how. Any suggestions? When I use my modified sample, it shows file deletion info and file creation info, but when I open the file in Notepad and type something and save and close the file, no message is displayed.

Unless the sample app is throwing away those messages and only showing file create/delete?

Gary

>That's not correct, you can also monitor changes to a file.
>
>>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,
>>>>
>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>Gary
>>>
>>>Not sure, if this is helpful, but check Re: Send signals to each user using same system Thread #1293566