hi all i m working on a project where i need to lock file so that it can not be accessed again till certain conditions are met. the "LockFile ()" comd of VC++ deals with locking only a few selected bytes, is there any other such comd or method to achive my requirement???? please guide thanks

VC++ provides a series of file functions, this is one of them, search for "file functions" in MSDN and choose function to meet your requirement... all the best

THANKS ALOT SIR... U SHOWED ME THE RIGHT PATH, NOW I WILL FOLLOW IT UP...

doing something with office registry will not be feasible for me... can u elaborate on message spy thing???? not exactly code but some referrence ... thanks

THANKS FOR THE LINK... it should help, i'll study this and come back but my specific requirement is that, i want my API to be executed when somebody tries to open a specific pre decided file of MS Office package.... can u help me with this or some kind of referrence ????

can anybody tell me how to incorporate MS Office packeage file into my API??? to be specific, i want my API to be executed when somebody tries to open a specific pre decided file of MS Office package....

THANKS A TON.... it worked....

THANKS A TON....it worked.... 1 more help required please, how to incorporate MS Office package file in my API????

if you don't mind can you please explain how to check and use Dependency Walker???? thanks

can you please elaborate what do you mean by release configuration??? and also if you can guide me in how to incorporate MS Office package file into my API thanks

i tried that but not got solution, still facing the same problem....

when i execute my MFC exe file on a machine not installed with Visual studio, i get an error saying, "coudnot find MFC42D.DLL, try reinstalling application and run again". i m not able to resolve this, can anybody please help??? rishi