Hi Mike,
.NET has just the thing for you. :-)
It's incredibly simple but it took a bit of a hunt finding out how to use
it. the MSDN documentation is almost meaningless :-(
I found this site very useful:
http://www.codeworks.it/net/Sysevents.htm
In the Microsoft.Win32 namespace there are a set of SystemEvents two of
which cover System Shutdown - SessionEnding and SessionEnded. The first is a
request and you you have the option of cancelling the request. The second is a
command.
To react to these events, put
AddHandler (SystemEvents.SessionEnding, AddressOf
ShutDown.OnShuttingDown)
AddHandler (SystemEvents.SessionEnded, AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown)
somewhere in your initialisation code.
Put the following class somewhere
Public Class Shutdown
Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown (sender As Object, e As
SessionEndingEventArgs)
e.Cancel = True 'True if you are turning down the request to
shutdown. Otherwise leave.
Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
'Shut down your Application here or...
End Sub
Public Shared Sub OnShutdown (sender As Object, e As
SessionEndedEventArgs)
Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
'or...Shut down your Application here.
End Sub
End Class
Note. I haven't tested this. - too much hassle. Come back if you need any
more help with it.
Regards
Fergus
