Thanks for that one. I have upgraded to VS 2005 and it works now!! Learning is a never ending process of Life.

in cpp1.h -> extern int i; in cpp1.cpp -> int i; Then include cpp1.h where ever you need to use i

Thanks a lot Mike for your help. Could you suggest me some online resource where I can do a detailed study on this subject and where I can find some sample code on how exactly this can be done. I would be greatful if you could provide me with this info. Thanks Abhishek. Learning is a never ending process of Life.

The ComReg Sample describes how to register components for remote activation via DCOM. You can find it on your disk: [FrameworkSDK_Path]\Samples\Technologies\Interop\Advanced\ComReg

when you set a group of computers in a workgroup, you can access the shared resources of each computer from any other computer on the same workgroup. you can give access to the files and resources unrestricted over the workgroup or can give it with password. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prcf\_omn\_wrta.asp http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/troubleshooting/w2k/ls/082301.asp this link is for windows2000, but the procedure for XP would be similar. try to find more on microsoft website.

first lection for abhinarulkar wrote: Learning is a never ending process of Life. ... you call CreateFile and NOT OpenFile! the call is passed via interrupt 2e to the kernel, then to the io manager, cache manager, file system, storage class driver, something like that Don't try it, just do it! ;-)

Read Inside Windows 2000 by David Solomon and Mark Russinovich (MS Press). For CreateFile (there is no OpenFile), the entry point in kernel32.dll converts the file name into an absolute path suitable for the object manager, converts the other parameters as appropriate, then calls NtCreateFile in ntdll.dll. This is a fairly simple routine which executes software interrupt 0x2e (Windows 2000) or uses the SYSENTER instruction (Windows XP) to change to kernel mode and execute the kernel mode NtCreateFile routine. From there, the object manager (an Executive component) is used to locate the device object corresponding to the file system, whose Parse function is called to process the rest of the path. You probably want to write a file system filter driver: a driver that sits above the file system and gets to see and manipulate I/O Request Packets destined for the file system. I think you need the Installable File System kit[^] for developing file system filter drivers.

if you are using NT, you can start a seperate process and hide the window using the START command and the /B Switch ... some important switches for START that mey be useful (ie, ymmv) START /Dpath Sets Current Drive And Dir For COmmand To path /I Initializes environment from parent /MIN or /MAX Starts new window minimized or maxmized /LOW, /NORMAL, or /HIGH - sets priority /WAIT Waits for app to terminate before continuing /B Executes command without creating new window ... Ive missed out a few unimportant settings - hope this helps though ;P

Look at the usri2_flags member of the USER_INFO_2 structure.

If you are using .NET, files in the folder ...\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/Vc7/vcprojectitems show up in the "New Item" template list. I'm not sure if this is the "right" way to do it, but it works. If anyone knows the "right" way, let me know.

Try using the BSTR in the _bstr_t's constructor, e.g. _bstr_t stuff(/*BSTR here*/); This should solve your problem When I was young my mother told me to clean up my room, I told her -1!

The function seems not to leak. Can you post the code of the loop where you're calling CheckClient::Run? Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo