PBCC EXE Causing Vista User Act. Control

[Scott Slater]

I am assuming these files are stored in the program's directory. If that happens to be in the {system root}\Program Files... folder on Vista, it will not allow files to be created in that folder without admin rights being requested either via a manifest or within the shortcut for your ap.

[Arie Verheul]

Thanks

Thanks Paul and Guy, learned something useful again.

Arie Verheul

[Guy Dombrowski]

Arie,

Why not use the wonderful TRY/CATCH/FINALLY/END TRY Command ?
When you start to use it you will not use anything else for opening any kind of Hard Disk Files.
You can catch all the errors right there.
A programmer's dream come true.....
I would not think of opening files the old way.

And, if you have to write multi-user programs, it is also the best way to lock your files.

[Paul Dixon]

Arie,
you need to check if there was an error:

    ERRCLEAR
    OPEN "D:\File1.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
    IF ERR = 0 THEN
        PRINT "#1 opened"
    ELSE
        PRINT ERROR$
    END IF

Paul.

[Arie Verheul]

I am not sure if this part of the problem or not, but according to the help file, a file that is opened for input must exist.
The code shows two lines that are supposed to restore files, but are commented out.

Restrictions
Attempting to OPEN a file for INPUT that does not exist causes a run-time Error 53 ("File not found").

However, if i actually try this, i find that with PBCC 5 a non-existing file can be opened for input without error.
I can imagine that this may cause strange problems.

Arie Verheul

#Compile Exe
#Dim All
#Break On

Function PBMain () As Long

       
    Open "D:\File1.txt" For Input As #1
    Print "#1 opened"
    Open "D:\File2.txt" For Input As #2
    Print "#2 opened"
    Open "D:\File3.txt" For Output As #3
    Print "#3 opened"
    Open "D:\File4.txt" For Output As #4
    Print "#4 opened"
    
    WaitKey$

End Function

[Michael Mattias]

I "think" that can be solved with a manifest. Search "manifest AND vista" here.

[Aaron Wicklund]

I have compiled hundreds of CC programs and never had this problem. The only difference is that I open 4 sequential files, two for input and two for output at the same time. When I do I get flagged for user control: 'Unidentified Publisher' Do you want to allow this program?

Here is the code section:

A2000_INITIALIZATION:
'SHELL "COPY MSTR91.BAK MSTR91.CSV" '/ RESTORE MASTER FILE
'SHELL "COPY CHKTOT91.BAK CHKTOT91.CSV" '/ RESTORE CHECK FILE
COLOR 6
CLS
PRINT "STUDY PROGRAM 9.1: SALES FILE UPDATE"
PRINT "PROGRAMMER: AMW"
PRINT
OPEN "MSTR91.CSV" FOR INPUT AS #1
OPEN "TRAN91.CSV" FOR INPUT AS #2
OPEN "NEW-MSTR.CSV" FOR OUTPUT AS #3
OPEN "ERR91.CSV" FOR OUTPUT AS #4
HIGH_VALUE$ = "9999"
DETAIL01$ = "#,###,###"
RETURN