Thread: i want to read a txt file

i have implemented my program now where it gets a file (txt) from the user via an open dialog box and now i have the file path and title. but, now with this i want to open up and have the capabilities to read the file and get the data from it. i know how to do it with standard c (fopen, fclose, fgets, etc.) but now i'm working through the winapi and i never had to work with files and the winapi before so i am not familiar with the necessary functions i will need.

anybody know these functions and params and the such? thanks!

http://winprog.org/tutorial/app_two.html

Just so you know,
what blank showed you is part of the win API common dialog boxes such as choosefont & choosecolor.

this one is openfilename common dlg.

what you do initialize it first(filling out the structure of type ofn)

then use function GetOpenFileName(,,,,) to open a file for you.

its simple and very handy and safe.

below is an example;

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <commdlg.h>

static OPENFILENAME ofn ;

void FileInitialize (HWND hwnd)
{
     static char szFilter[] = TEXT ("Text Files (*.TXT)\0*.txt\0")  \
                               TEXT ("ASCII Files (*.ASC)\0*.asc\0") \
                               TEXT ("All Files (*.*)\0*.*\0\0") ;
     
     ofn.lStructSize       = sizeof (OPENFILENAME) ;
     ofn.hwndOwner         = hwnd ;
     ofn.hInstance         = NULL ;
     ofn.lpstrFilter       = szFilter ;
     ofn.lpstrCustomFilter = NULL ;
     ofn.nMaxCustFilter    = 0 ;
     ofn.nFilterIndex      = 0 ;
     ofn.lpstrFile         = NULL ;          //  Open and Close functions
     ofn.nMaxFile          = MAX_PATH ;
     ofn.lpstrFileTitle    = NULL ;          // Open and Close functions
     ofn.nMaxFileTitle     = MAX_PATH ;
     ofn.lpstrInitialDir   = NULL ;
     ofn.lpstrTitle        = NULL ;
     ofn.Flags             = 0 ;             //  Open and Close functions
     ofn.nFileOffset       = 0 ;
     ofn.nFileExtension    = 0 ;
     ofn.lpstrDefExt       = TEXT ("txt") ;
     ofn.lCustData         = 0L ;
     ofn.lpfnHook          = NULL ;
     ofn.lpTemplateName    = NULL ;
}

BOOL FileOpenDlg (HWND hwnd, PTSTR pstrFileName, PTSTR pstrTitleName)
{
     ofn.hwndOwner         = hwnd ;
     ofn.lpstrFile         = pstrFileName ;
     ofn.lpstrFileTitle    = pstrTitleName ;
     ofn.Flags             = OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_CREATEPROMPT ;
     
     return GetOpenFileName (&ofn) ;
}

BOOL filesavedlg (HWND hwnd, PTSTR pstrFileName, PTSTR pstrTitleName)
{
     ofn.hwndOwner         = hwnd ;
     ofn.lpstrFile         = pstrFileName ;
     ofn.lpstrFileTitle    = pstrTitleName ;
     ofn.Flags             = OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT ;
     
     return GetSaveFileName (&ofn) ;
}