Creating a Folder

Please help.

I am making a program for my dad's small busieness, im new to this thing. I need to make a program that will create a folder on the C drive this folder is used with this program but i want the program to set everything up instead of someone else having to.


Thanks,
DJD

Use the function CreateDirectory()

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <dir.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    if(mkdir("c:\\Documents and Settings\\wmorrish\\Desktop\\new folder")!=0);
    {
        cout<<"directory not created"<<endl;
    }
    cout<<"directory created"<<endl;
}

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cgod > I'm not sure where dir.h is coming from, but the CreateDirectory() API function is the correct way to create a directory on windows machines.

Could you use CreateDirectory() in an example?

so it should be something like?

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
  bool WINAPI;
  HWND hwnd = CreateDirectory("New Folder",0,0);
  if(!hwnd)
  {
      cout<<"directory creation failed"<<endl;
  }
  else
  {
      cout<<"Directory created"<<endl;
  } 
}

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but im getting a strange error

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internal compiler error C:\Documents and Settings\wmorrish\Desktop\New Folder\main.cpp:7 Segmentation fault

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Thanks CGOD you were a big help and your solution worked great! Looking forward to getting more help from you in the future!

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so it should be something like?

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No, there are several errors in your code.

Here is an example on how to use the function:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        if(CreateDirectory("C:\\temp",0))
                printf("Directory created\n");
        else
                printf("Directory creation failed\n");

        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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Hey guys i got another problem with this prgram. The directory is created both ways that you guys said but i am having another bigger problem. My program has 4 options, OPen a file, Create a File, Help(Irrevelvant), and Quit. The program writes the code sometimes and reads it sometimes. Sometimes i get a KERNEL32.dll error. Heres the code, maybe you guys could help:

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...Creating the folder (Works fine)...

int x;
x=1;
while(x=1){
  ...(some menu stuff)
  int choice;
  cin>>choice;
  cin.ignore();
  if(choice==1)  // Read File
  {
      char entryn[20];
      char prevname[50];
      cout<<"Entry Name: ";
      cin.getline(entryn,20);
      strcat (prevname, "C:/ProfilesProg/");
      strcat (prevname, entryn);
      ifstream entry(prevname);
      cout<<"\n***File Start***\n\n";
      char ch;
      while(entry.get(ch)){
        cout<<ch;
      }
      cout<<"\n\n***End of File***"\n";
      cin.ignore();
      entry.close();
      continue;
  }

  else if(choice==2){    //Write a File
      cout<<"Name of Entry: ";
      char entrynew[20];
      char entryname[50];
      cin.getline(entrynew,20);
      strcat (entryname, "c:/ProfilesProg/");
      strcat (entryname, entrynew);
      char notes[1000];
      cout<<"Enter Information.\n\n";
      ofstream newentry(entryname);
      newentry<<notes;
      newentry.close();
      continue;
  }
 
    ...Nothing to do with the problem

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Please if you dont mind correct any mistakes that have been made and comment on the code.

Thanks so much!

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while(x=1){

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you probably mean:

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while(x==1){

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strcat (prevname, "C:/ProfilesProg/");

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strcat() is used to append a string at the end of another string. Since prevname has not been initialized to a string in this case, there is a high probability of it giving you an error. In order to initialize the array to a string, do the following:

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strcpy(prevname, "C:/ProfilesProg/");

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