Run cleanup before the program is killed from the outside

[Ishmagel]

Hi.

I have made a c++ program to be run on a computer (duh!). I set it to
be run with Windows Scheduler, and ticked the box saying: "Stop the
task if it runs for x hours and y minutes"

The program itself is running an infinite loop. My problem is that when
windows shuts it down, the program pops up with the "End Now?" dialog.
I would therefore like to do some last minute panic cleanup. So my
question is: is there a way for the c++ program to know it is about to
be shutdown from the outside? I only need to run one line of cleanup
code to make it all work

P.S.: I am aware that i might have posted to the wrong newsgroup, but i
think it is a generic c++ solution

 

[Ian]

Hi.

I have made a c++ program to be run on a computer (duh!). I set it to
be run with Windows Scheduler, and ticked the box saying: "Stop the
task if it runs for x hours and y minutes"

The program itself is running an infinite loop. My problem is that when
windows shuts it down, the program pops up with the "End Now?" dialog.
I would therefore like to do some last minute panic cleanup. So my
question is: is there a way for the c++ program to know it is about to
be shutdown from the outside? I only need to run one line of cleanup
code to make it all work

P.S.: I am aware that i might have posted to the wrong newsgroup, but i
think it is a generic c++ solution

You have, how a process is terminated is OS specific.

Ian

 

[Ishmagel]

Ian skrev:

You have, how a process is terminated is OS specific.

Ian

Okay, where should i then direct my question, please?

- Ishmagel

 

[Mike Wahler]

Ian skrev:

Okay, where should i then direct my question, please?

Many Windows experts answer questions about Windows at newsgroup
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32

-Mike