Re: Conflict with USB memory stick.
"TonyG" <TonyG@junk.com> wrote in message
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My program writes data to a file. I use CFileDialog to select the output
path and name. I have noticed something odd. If, using CFileDialog, I
select an output path and name that is located on my USB memory stick, the
file is written correctly. Naturally the CFileDialog has closed. However
when I click the tray icon to release the memory stick, the operating
system gives me a message saying that it can't release the memory stick,
try again later. It's the same message that I would get if there was an
explorer window open for a directory on the memory stick.
If I terminate my program, then I can release the memory stick, no
problem. BUT I don't want to have to terminate my program to be able to
release my memory stick.
Why is this happening? Can I prevent this problem?
By default CFileDialog changes your app's current directory to the one that
you navigated to in the dialog (on the USB stick). Since that is now the
app's current directory, it is busy, therefore you can't eject the USB
stick.
You can either do a SetCurrentDirectory() after you close the CFileDialog to
set the current directory to something else, or you can specify the flag in
CFileDialog that tells it not to set the current directory (don't know what
it is called offhand).
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