#OpenFile/SHARE/Serial #
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Hi Gary,
> I've written a multi-product installation/setup program that uses
> OpenFile to open a file called A:\DISK1.INF that contains installation
> scripts. Each product must contain A:\DISK1.INF on its first
> diskette. Here's where it gets weird. I have two identical sets of
> installation diskettes except that one set has volumn serial numbers
> (written by DOS FORMAT) and the other set does not. When SHARE is
> loaded and in use, the set of diskettes with the volumn serial numbers
> will not install. It has opened and read the first A:\DISK1.INF but
> when it comes to the next A:\DISK1.INF, OpenFile is returning 0x0003
> (path not found) in the OFSTRUCT. If SHARE is not loaded, both sets
> of diskettes work great. Why is OpenFile failing with 0x0003 when
> SHARE is loaded and the diskettes contain volumn serial numbers????
> I've tried using various combinations of OF_SHARE_xxxx but to no
> avail.
I'm not sure why you're running into this problem. Could it be that you
need to flush the buffer or increase the File handles? The WinSDK forum
would be a more appropriate place to post this question.
Sincerely,
Brian Ku
-Microsoft Developer Support
I also sent this message to the SDK forum, but since the application is a MFC
app, I thought I'd post it here as well. Its not a file handle problem, I've
got FILES=100 in config.sys and I also used SetHandleCount(60). What is really
weird, is that I cannot duplicate the problem with a test program. Only this
application, for some reason, has this problem, and I can't figure out what
could be causing it.
Gary