FIX: CFile::SetStatus Throws Exception When Setting Time

   /* Build as a console application using
   ** Microsoft Foundation Classes
   ** Be sure that TEMP.DAT file exists in the same directory.
   */ 
   #include <afx.h>
   CFileStatus fs;
   void main(void) {
     CFile::GetStatus("TEMP.DAT",fs);
     CFile::SetStatus("TEMP.DAT",fs);
   }
				

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, update the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) library files by making a modification to the MFC source file FILEST.CPP. Remove the semicolon from the end of the "if" statement in line 134:

Change the following:

   if (!SystemTimeToFileTime((LPSYSTEMTIME)&sysTime, pFileTime));
				

to the following:

   if (!SystemTimeToFileTime((LPSYSTEMTIME)&sysTime, pFileTime))
				

You must then rebuild the MFC libraries. For more information on building these library files, refer to:

• Appendix B of the online "Class Library User's Guide" -or-
  
  
• The README.TXT file in the MSVC\MFC\SRC directory

Here are two ways to build a debug and non-debug version of the MFC Library for Windows NT:

Run the NMAKE command from the \MSVCNT\MFC\SRC directory.

The debug version:

   NMAKE MODEL=N TARGET=W DEBUG=1 CODEVIEW=2
				

The release version:

   NMAKE MODEL=N TARGET=W DEBUG=0