Hi Carlos,
I suppose I'll try the timer/ADIR() approach and forget the API. Seems to be the consensus.

Thanks, everyone for the suggestions.


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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>Just a comment on the SHChangeNotifyRegister API function that the VFP sample uses, from MSDN:
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>"Note This function is available through Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Server 2003. It might be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of Windows."
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>This was an undocumented API function that MS was forced to document (I do not know the context of when and why, I think it had to do with the EU)
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>You can bet two things:
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>1. That the function is not properly documented.
>2. That MS will change/remove this function in the future just to piss off and/or f....up every potential competitor that used it.
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>Myself, I would just go with a timer and check file dates.
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>Carlos Alloatti