Re: Any possible fix for tmpfile() on Windows Vista ?

From:
"aslan" <aslanski2002@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:51:24 +0300
Message-ID:
<i777ag$cn6$1@news.albasani.net>
I had the same prolem and created my tmpfile like this if you prefer:

FILE* mytmpfile()
{
   char* name = _tempnam( NULL, NULL );

   if( !name )
      return 0;
   FILE* fp = fopen(name, "wb+TD");

   LOG("mytmpfile: name=%s\n", name);

   // When name is no longer needed :
   if(name)
     free(name);

   return fp;
}

"Timothy Madden" <terminatorul@gmail.com>, iletisinde sunu yazdi,
news:4c80bb44$0$50453$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...

Hello

tmpfile() from <stdio.h> requires administrative privileges to run on
Windows Vista (but not on Windows XP or Windows 7) and will fail if
invoked in a non-elevated process.

Is there a Visual Studio library patch (like dinkumware patches, or STL
port, or a Microsoft VS CRT patch ...) to correct this problem ?

tmpfile() is important for my application because it has this property
that the file returned is automatically deleted when closed. Also it opens
a temporary files without the user having to worry about TEMP/TMP
environment varibles, or GetTemporaryDirectory() or temporary name clashes
/ concurrency ...

Thank you,
Timothy Madden

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