Thread: Showing contents of a Dir

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    Question Showing contents of a Dir

    I'm looking for a way to show the contents of a selected directory in a dialog program using VC60. I'm thinking via use of the system command with a ListBox, however I've never done this yet. Can anyone hook me up with some help / ideas to get me in the right direction.

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    MFC or API dialog app?

    Do you just want to show dir contents or do you maybe need a fileopen dialog? Why fill a listbox with dir contents. How you planning to use it? Windows provides come common dialogs for opening and saving files. these going to be any use to you?
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    MFC

    I'm using MFC and have a structred dialog format for keying in the desired file. I just need the listing of files in a given directory.

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    Look into FindFirstFile("*.*", ...) and FindNextFile().
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