I just tested the sample that ships with VFP9:
Tools->Task Pane->Solution Samples->New in VFP9->Binding to Windows Message events
Select File/Folder Shell Events and click Enable Events. Choose
to monitor all locations.
Now if you change any file, you will see the change in the window as "Updated file/directory:....". I only tried a few minutes, and I agree that I could not see which file was changed, but I believe you can modify the code to give you that info also. If not, as long as you can see that something has in deed happened, a simple adir() plus a few more lines will tell you which file has been updated.
>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.
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>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
