hey, how do i have a save & save as function? or basically, how do i have the 'save' function bypass the user choosing the filename? like, i want to check if the current open document has a filename (which i can do) and if it does, then i want the save button to simply save. if not, then it brings up the window to choose which a filename. i can make it bring up the filename prompt, but bypassing that i have not yet accomplished. thanks in advance
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What people usually do is store the current filename (if there is one) in a global, say:-
char g_szFilename[MAX_PATH] = '\0';
Then, in your window procedure's switch mess (or is that just me?), position your Save and Save As iterations like so:-
case ID_SAVE:
case ID_SAVE_AS:
and then inside the switch, test if either the current case is ID_SAVE_AS or if g_szFilename is empty:-
if (LOWORD(lParam) == ID_SAVE_AS || !lstrlen(g_szFilename))
and get the Save As dialog inside that condition. Put your usual save code after it, and voilá.
well in my program i have it display the filename in the title bar in the child windows, so in my FileOpenSave function (where it determines whether i want to open a file or save a file), i have it check if the name of the current child window == "[Untitled]" because thats what the titlebar says if its a new file. then, if thats the case then it accesses GetSaveFileName() and then goes on and saves the file. else if the titlebar says something different, i get the current working directory (because for the display of the filename in the titlebar, i remove the directory so instead of it say "C:\programs\filename.sby" it just says "filename.sby" b/c it bugged me
thanks tho
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