"Displaying a file"

[harsh_2961]

Hi, If iknow the filename and its path i hould be able to open and display that file.if any ideas on how to do it please let me know.. harsha

[Hamid Taebi]

Which? Open a file or get path of a file?

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WhiteSky

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[Programm3r]

Have you tried the following: Open FileHANDLE CreateFile( LPCTSTR lpFileName, DWORD dwDesiredAccess, DWORD dwShareMode, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes, DWORD dwCreationDisposition, DWORD dwFlagsAndAttributes, HANDLE hTemplateFile );
Read Contents:BOOL ReadFile( HANDLE hFile, // handle of file to read LPVOID lpBuffer, // pointer to buffer that receives data DWORD nNumberOfBytesToRead, // number of bytes to read LPDWORD lpNumberOfBytesRead, // pointer to number of bytes read LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped // pointer to structure for data );
Read File[^] Open File[^] Regards,

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[harsh_2961]

i should be able to open and display the contents to the user .. harsha

[harsh_2961]

i dont want to read or open or create a file.. i want to display a file to the user say when user clicks a button. will this help in that regard ? harsha

[prasad_som]

If its a simple text file using CEditView will do, try creating simple SDI application and choose baseclass as CEditView in last step of app wizard.

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[Hamid Taebi]

Use of CFile::Read

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WhiteSky

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[harsh_2961]

its a ".chm" (Compiled Html file).. harsha

[Hamid Taebi]

Use of HtmlHelp

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WhiteSky

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[Newbie00]

harsh_2961 wrote:

i dont want to read or open or create a file.. i want to display a file to the user say when user clicks a button. will this help in that regard ?

If you want to see file's content you have to open it. There is no other way than opening given file to read it, and if you want to display it's content you have to read it first. Unless you are talking about viewing file's... name? :^)

[Hamid Taebi]

Hope I understood your question use of a CFileDailog and when he clicks ok button show file name(Is your purpose)

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WhiteSky

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[David Crow]

Have you considered using ShellExecute(..., "open", "file.chm", ...)?

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[harsh_2961]

thanks a lot.. its working perfectly:)