Thread: Open dialog box issue

Hi,

i am using the GetOpenFileName and "OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_NONETWORKBUTTON | OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST" flags to enable the User to select a file of any type, but when i try to open a file with URL extension the dialog box hangs up( not responding ) !!

Can you tell me please, how can i fix this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Could you post a code snippet? It would be helpful to see how your OPEFILENAME struct is set up.

Code:

		char szFile[512] = { "\0" };
		OPENFILENAME ofn;

		ZeroMemory( &ofn, sizeof( OPENFILENAME ) );

		ofn.lStructSize		= sizeof( OPENFILENAME );
		ofn.Flags		= OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_NONETWORKBUTTON | OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST ;//| OFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS
		ofn.lpstrFilter		= "*.*";
		ofn.lpstrTitle		= _("Select a File");
		ofn.lpstrFile		= (LPSTR)szFile;
		ofn.nMaxFile		= sizeof( szFile );
		ofn.lCustData		= (DWORD)NULL;
		ofn.lpstrFileTitle	= NULL;
		ofn.nMaxFileTitle	= NULL;

		if ( GetOpenFileName( &ofn ) )
		{
			szSelectedFile->Append( ofn.lpstrFile );
		}

Originally Posted by novacain

and has to be double null terminated.

Now it works correctly
Thanks for help.


But i have another problem :
I have created a shortcut by right-clicking the Dial-up connection under "Network Connections" and then selected "Create Shortcut" from the context menu. After that i have renamed the shortcut on the Desktop to Dailup.lnk

I can open the shortcut using the previous Dialog Box but when i try after that to launch it with ShellExecuteEx i get the following error :

The parameter is incorrect.

In a messagebox.

Do you have any idea why i am getting this error?

Code:

	SHELLEXECUTEINFO	sei;
	ZeroMemory( &sei, sizeof( sei ) );
	
	sei.cbSize		= sizeof ( SHELLEXECUTEINFO );
	sei.lpFile		= ofn.lpstrFile;
	sei.lpVerb		= _T("open"); 
	sei.fMask		= SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS | SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS;
	sei.nShow		= SW_SHOWNORMAL;

	CoInitializeEx( NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED | COINIT_DISABLE_OLE1DDE ); // Incase that "COM single-threaded apartment (STA) type" is needed

        ShellExecuteEx( &sei );

Thanks, it worked flawlessly