the_grip wrote: Can the path to a file be determined from a print job? I don't think so. When you print a file, you do so with some application that reads the file, make API calls to create a print document with some name, draw some content in it, and ends the operation. You then can see the print queue in the operating system, but the OS knows nothing about whether what it has to print was based on a file, its location, or its content. The print document may have the same name as some file, but for the OS it's just a name and nothing else. -- jlr http://jlamas.blogspot.com/[^]

the_grip wrote: Oh well - there's another hour or two down the tubes on stupid troubleshooting errors I had a problem the other day, that each time i was compiling an assembly it was adding a reference to a then removed reference , eventually 20000 builds later it leaved me alone. ;) Who is this miscrosoft, and what devilish plans have they for us?

the_grip wrote: i'm trying to write some custom controls that are outside of the windows-look control box. For example, i would like to write a combo box in which i can customize what the box actually looks like (the arrow button, the drop list colors and selection colors, et al). i'm not using MFC (and i don't want to in this case). Any advice as to where to go? Is WTL the answer? Thanks! Err since I know about as much about C++ as I do about John's sensitive side this is not a C++ answer. BUT I do recommend you look into the new "skinning" capabilities of Windows XP. *Apparently* the Windows XP skinning ability has a very easy to use API letting you do pretty much anything you want. Even simple theme downloads can change Windows XP dramatically, so some "real" programming can probably make your dialog box look like Britney Spears. MSDN (and the magazine) is a good place to look for this info. Sorry I couldnt be of much more help, I am after all just a lowly VB developer :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Sonork ID: 100.9903 Stormfront

I think this should server your purpose: BOOL WINAPI ConsoleHandler(DWORD dwCtrlType) { switch(dwCtrlType) { case CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT: case CTRL_C_EVENT: case CTRL_BREAK_EVENT: case CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT: case CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT: { // Cleanup code return TRUE; } } return FALSE; } int _tmain( ...) { SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ConsoleHandler, TRUE); // // Other code goes here }

i figured this out... if anyone's interested, the process is to create access masks for each type of access you want to check, and run the function BOOL bAccess = AreAllAccessesGranted(Mask, DesiredMask); and check the return BOOL value.