In Visual C++ 6.0, I require to select a file to open and would like to use the standard file selector dialog to get a filename. What function do I call for that? Does anybody know of a web page with some sample code, or just the function name that I could look up?
GetOpenFileName, look it up in the MSDN.
All the buzzt!
CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
or CFileDialog which is an MFC wrapper around GetOpenFileName.
and ditch Visual C++ 6.0, it's a buggy broken compiler. Get the free visual studio 2005 express instead (or dev-cpp)
"I saw a sign that said 'Drink Canada Dry', so I started"
-- Brendan Behan
Free Compiler: Visual C++ 2005 Express
If you program in C++, you need Boost. You should also know how to use the Standard Library (STL). Want to make games? After reading this, I don't like WxWidgets anymore.Want to add some scripting to your App?
CFileDialog won't work in the free Visual Studio 2005 Express though
The CFileDialog requires that I add an #include<afxdlgs.h>, but the latter does not permit me to include windows.h which I need with CreateThread and CreateSemaphore. What do I do?
Frank
