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Can anyone out there help me?
I've been tasked with writing an application that runs on an NT workstation, but some of the things to be done must be done using the sendkeys option. I need to unlock the workstation first to be able to do this. Any Ideas??
TIA
Ell
PLEASE HELP ME,
If anyone has any ideas whatsoever, please help
You have a small glimmer of hope for you :)
You can't just programatically unlock NT. Which leaves you with Two choices;
1. Hack NT (I wouldn't bother)
2. Write an NT service. NT services can run at various levels of the OS but they are always logged in (either with a specific account designated for them or "As a Service").
VB has problems with NT services because of it's lack of free threading abitity (Apartment model threading doesn't cut it) it can't respond to some of the requirements of an NT service.
BUT, MS has created an App called AnyService or ServiceAny or something and while they make a disclaimer about stability it enables you to register any exe as a service with the service.exe and the registry add ins. You'll find it on the net if you look around a little for "VB, NT service, Any" etc.
Like I said it's just a glimmer but I've been though this, Try Borland C++ Builder, it has a VB like RAD and NT service help thingy in Pro version and above.
Hope this helps a little by letting you know what you're getting into