Is user a member of the Administrators group
Sometimes it's important to know if application is running under account that is a member of the Administrators group. There're a few ways to accomplish that.
Obtaining DLL-specific version information
Most Windows Shell and common controls DLLs implement DllGetVersion function. It allows applications to obtain DLL-specific version information to make sure that required functionality in a DLL is implemented. The Windows API support class
is used to handle Windows API structures.
Generate GUID
UDF below generates 128-bit GUID and returns it as a string in the format 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.
MSDN:Creating directory preserving name case
MSDN:
- CreateDirectory function - Creates a new directory one level at a time
- SHCreateDirectory function - Creates a new directory including all intermediate folders, if necessary
- CreateFolder Method - WSH
- NewFolder Method - Shell
File operations with Progressbar
It's based on the late Ed Rauh's code around SHFileOperation Win API and requires his Heap allocation class. It supports wild cards and shows standard Windows progress bar.
Windows limitations on file and path name
The limitations have been pulled from Windows SDK header file
Windows API support class
The class below simplifies use of Windows API function by providing methods to convert data between VFP types and Windows API types/structures
Using Sparse Files sample
Sparse files
are only supported under Windows 2000 and later and the file must be on a volume that is NTFS 5.0 or later.
Setting the Backup and Restore Privileges
The backup and restore privileges are required of all backup and restore applications. These privileges can be programmatically set, and the following example can be used to set these privileges. Based on Setting the Backup and Restore Privileges