//**********************************
// run a little experiment to see how to append to the end of file
// Programmer: Chris Wild
// Date: January 17, 1999
//***********************************

#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h> // for WIN32 APIs

void main()
{
	HANDLE messages;
	DWORD nBytes;
	
	messages = CreateFile(
		"messages",
		GENERIC_WRITE,
		0,0,
		OPEN_ALWAYS,
		0,0);
	if(messages == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
		cerr << "Could not open messages file" << GetLastError();
		return;
	}
	SetFilePointer(messages, 0, NULL, FILE_END);
	nBytes = GetFileSize(messages,NULL);
	int nextInt = nBytes/sizeof(int);
	for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
		if(!WriteFile(messages, (LPBYTE) &nextInt, sizeof(int), &nBytes, NULL)) {
			cerr << "Could not write file" << GetLastError();
			ExitProcess(1);
		}
		nextInt++;
	}
}