Bill -

Try this:

if ((desc = CreateFile (file_name,
GENERIC_READ,
FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING,
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS,
0)) == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
/* add error handling */
GetLastError();
}

Gstat -h does not invoke the engine at all.

Regards,

Ann