Is there any way to force VC++ to actually close a CFile when the
file.close() method is called?  I have had to revert back to
fopen/fwrite/fclose to control file closure at program level.

Thanks,
Mike Ober.

I think it does close the file right away when you call CFile::Close(), but
you might want to try something like:

    CFile m_MyFile;

   _commit(m_MyFile.m_hFile);

to get your data to flush out.  There is a CFile equivalent called:

    m_MyFile.Flush()

but it doesn't seem to always work.

HTH,

Tom

I know for a fact that VC++ 4.0 (MFC 4.0) doesn't close CFiles immediately.
I needed to write an NT command script (.CMD) and execute it.  After closing
the script, it didn't seem to matter how long I waited (checked up to 5
minutes), but the file wouldn't execute - it had an open error reported by
CMD.EXE saying the file was locked by another user/application.  As soon as
I switched to K&R stdio functions, everything worked, even without a wait.

Next time, I'll try the _commit() call after my data is written and before
closing.

Thanks,
Mike Ober.