>>I have a wonderful little application here that just sits around all day monitoring a network directory for new files, then queueing up those files to a plotter.
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>>Trouble is, every time a tech shuts down the server, he forgets to restart this little application server.
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>>It's running on NT4, and I'd like to work out a way for it to force a 'ShutDown and Restart' if it remains disconnected for an hour (the delay would allow the server to be restarted for legit reasons without making the app server reboot constantly).
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>>So I guess my question is: How do I force a reboot in NT from VFP?
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>Better, just define your application as a service. And, bingo, when the server reboots, it runs.

Sorry - I obviously wasn't clear. The machine running the application is not the same machine as the server - so I need to monitor a directory on the network and then force a reboot when it disappears.

I found a reference here for:
DECLARE INTEGER ExitProcess IN Win32API INTEGER nExitCode

and then...
=ExitProcess(2)

I presume this will do what I want in NT.....

If I'm wrong, let me know - otherwise

Thanks!