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File loader

Started by Ataru Sep 20, 2000 at 10:04 AM 1 reply 200+ views

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Sep 20, 2000 at 10:04 AM

Is there any easy way to create a file loader like the one you find in every windows app? I''m using MSC 6, and I''ve been looking at dialog boxes, but I can''t find a simple way of creating a file loader with them. I''m assuming now that there is no simple way, but before I trudge on I''d like to know from those who have experience. BTW as far as dialogue boxes go, when you''ve made on in your .RC file, how do you go about displaying it, and handling the events from it? Thanks in advance

2Late

Sep 20, 2000 at 11:02 PM

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Original post by Ataru

Is there any easy way to create a file loader like the one you find in every windows app? I''m using MSC 6, and I''ve been looking at dialog boxes, but I can''t find a simple way of creating a file loader with them. I''m assuming now that there is no simple way, but before I trudge on I''d like to know from those who have experience.

BTW as far as dialogue boxes go, when you''ve made on in your .RC file, how do you go about displaying it, and handling the events from it?

Thanks in advance

(Hope I understood you right?)
Look GetOpenFileName and OPENFILENAME-struct from MSDN... Simple. No messing with resources or dlgprocs.

It''s Never 2 Late

ragonastick

Sep 20, 2000 at 11:22 PM

Look for the ActiveX control COMDLG32.ocx, it might be what you are looking for, from a visual basic point of view (I don''t know much C/C++) to bring up a File Open menu like the one in notepad, you would type this:

dlg.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*"
dlg.ShowOpen

And the dialog box would come up, then use a line like this:

FileName = dlg.Filename

To get the name of the file they chose.

hth

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