Hi, y'all

I have an out of process com server which visually runs in the system tray,
started on windows startup. ComServer.OnLastRelease is handled to tell
windows not to unload the exe because i want to maintain some cross process
variables in it (such as login params, etc). The problem i am running into
is :

when Windows is shutting down or logoff is occurring, system failes to
unload the exe. Tried everything i could find on the newsgroups about
handling WM_ENDSESSION, WM_QUERYENDSESSION, FormCloseQuery, etc. No luck. At
the time of shutdown or logoff server _is_ running in the tray and main for
is hidden. Environment : Winnt 4.0, Ie4

Any clues?

Igor

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TIA.

Heyas,

Just an idea, but you could try creating a dummy window whose only purpose
is to detect the WM_QUERYENDSESSION or WM_ENDSESSION messages.  Then you
could set up a call into your server to shut down (of course then anyone
could shut you down by making the call, so another way would be a good
idea.)

I would suggest using the Win32 API for creating your dummy window, much
less overhead than using a TForm.

HTH,

Michael

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Michael,

Thanks. I already have that - server has main window which gets hidden when
minimized (goes into tray) and restoired when you activate tray icon (menu,
dblclick, etc). From what I understand, this window should be receiving
queryendsession msg, since it's application's main window. But that's just
not the case. Puzzled...

Igor.

Hi Igor,

Add a case for WM_CLOSEQUERY and return 1 and the thing will close.
If You don't get it to work, mail me. I'll send You a fixed version.

Anyway. I'm not sure what a tray icon should do with messages it
doesn't handle. Call the Windows' standard handler or else? Should
look at an 'official' Microsoft tray icon example...

Thomas

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