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[thedarkness]

Code:

// dirwatcher.cpp : main project file.

#include "stdafx.h"

System::Void serialize( System::Xml::Serialization::XmlSerializer^ xs, System::DateTime^ timeLastWritten )
{

System::Xml::XmlTextWriter^ writer = ( gcnew System::Xml::XmlTextWriter( "tlw.xml", System::Text::Encoding::UTF8 ) );

writer->Formatting = System::Xml::Formatting::Indented;

try
{
xs->Serialize( writer, timeLastWritten );
}
catch( System::Exception^ e )
{
System::Console::WriteLine( e->InnerException->Message );
}

writer->Close();

}

int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
System::String^ sTargetDir =
"C:\\some\\directory\\I\\want\\to\\watch";

System::IO::DirectoryInfo^ dir = ( gcnew System::IO::DirectoryInfo( sTargetDir) );

System::DateTime^ timeLastWritten = dir->LastWriteTime;

System::Xml::Serialization::XmlSerializer^ xs = ( gcnew System::Xml::Serialization::XmlSerializer( timeLastWritten->GetType() ) );

if( System::IO::File::Exists( "tlw.xml" ) )
{
System::Xml::XmlTextReader^ reader = ( gcnew System::Xml::XmlTextReader( "tlw.xml" ) );
System::DateTime^ savedTimeLastWritten = dynamic_cast<System::DateTime^>( xs->Deserialize( reader ) );
reader->Close();
if( savedTimeLastWritten->Equals( timeLastWritten ) )
return 0;
else
{
System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult confirmed = System::Windows::Forms::MessageBox::Show( "The Target Directory has Changed!",
"DirWatcher", System::Windows::Forms::MessageBoxButtons::OKCancel, System::Windows::Forms::MessageBoxIcon::Stop );

if( confirmed == System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::OK )
{
serialize( xs, timeLastWritten );
}

}
return 0;
}

serialize( xs, timeLastWritten );

    return 0;
}

[perkiset]

TD -

I used a function years ago that popped an event when a DIR changed in any way (W2K)... is this the .NET replacement for such, or is this an augmentation? I'm a little lost in the code to know what it's doing at all...

[nutballs]

hijack===
this is why i cant get going in .net
System::Windows::Forms::MessageBoxButtons::OKCancel
System::Xml::Serialization::XmlSerializer
and those arent even that bad...
god i really gotta just jump into it.
maybe i can really screw myself up and PHP.net
hijack===

[thedarkness]

TD -

I used a function years ago that popped an event when a DIR changed in any way (W2K)... is this the .NET replacement for such, or is this an augmentation? I'm a little lost in the code to know what it's doing at all...

It just checks the last write time of the directory and serializes it to disk, then on subsequent runs it reads (and unserializes) the last write time on the directory to see if it's changed, if it has it shows an alert.

Cheers,
td

[thedarkness]

hijack===
this is why i cant get going in .net
System::Windows::Forms::MessageBoxButtons::OKCancel
System::Xml::Serialization::XmlSerializer
and those arent even that bad...
god i really gotta just jump into it.
maybe i can really screw myself up and PHP.net
hijack===

These can be reduced by using, for example;

using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

You can then refer to MessageBoxButtons::OKCancel

using namespace System::Xml::Serialization;

would allow you to change System::Xml::Serialization::XmlSerializer to just XmlSerializer

Not as bad as brainfuck 

Cheers,
td