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  • D Don Box

    Though some API's have been mentioned above by our codeproject friends, u can also write such functions. If u know 'C' language very well and ofcourse, its basics (people having lot of experience also doesn't know the basics), u can easily write such functions. Though u got the API, still I'll strongly recommend u to try writing such function.

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    zengkun100
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    I do have written a function to do make the job done, but I still want to know is there some exist functions can do this job for me. :)

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    • D Don Box

      If basics are not clear and don't have confidence, then better don't write (such simple function) and drop the programming profession.

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      Naveen
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      cool man..I just said one truth regrding the programming field. How ever I still remeber one bug while trying to extract the file name from path. We were extracting the file name by reverse finding the "\". But later a bug was reported and reason was that, in one secnario in the path input to that function, instead of "\", seperator was "/" :(

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        cool man..I just said one truth regrding the programming field. How ever I still remeber one bug while trying to extract the file name from path. We were extracting the file name by reverse finding the "\". But later a bug was reported and reason was that, in one secnario in the path input to that function, instead of "\", seperator was "/" :(

        nave [OpenedFileFinder]

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        That's right Naveen. BTW, how many yrs of experience do u have in VC++? Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

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        • Z zengkun100

          I do have written a function to do make the job done, but I still want to know is there some exist functions can do this job for me. :)

          A Chinese VC++ programmer

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          Don Box
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          _splitpath() is better option.

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          • N Naveen

            Don Box wrote:

            still I'll strongly recommend u to try writing such function.

            Less u write, less will be the bugs...

            nave [OpenedFileFinder]

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            Rajesh R Subramanian
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            Naveen wrote:

            Less u write, less will be the bugs...

            Write no code and you'll have absolutely no bugs. :-\

            Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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            • Z zengkun100

              Suppose the full path is : C:\Program Files\codeproject.txt I want to extract the file name codeproject.txt. Of course I can use CString class to find the last '\', and then Mid to get the filename, but is there some API can do this daily job? Thank you :)

              A Chinese VC++ programmer

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              Rajesh R Subramanian
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              You may use PathFindFileName() like this:

              TCHAR \*szPath = \_T("C:\\\\Program Files\\\\codeproject.txt");
              AfxMessageBox(PathFindFileName(szPath));
              

              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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              • Z zengkun100

                Suppose the full path is : C:\Program Files\codeproject.txt I want to extract the file name codeproject.txt. Of course I can use CString class to find the last '\', and then Mid to get the filename, but is there some API can do this daily job? Thank you :)

                A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                fd0129002
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                #include <Shlwapi.h>; #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib") LPTSTR lpszFileName = PathFindFileName(szPath);

                ============ Einstein Seeing is believing.

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                • Z zengkun100

                  Thank you nave! I think I have got the answer:_splitpath :)

                  A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                  Rajesh R Subramanian
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                  zengkun100 wrote:

                  I think I have got the answer:_splitpath

                  MSDN Says: _splitpath is deprecated because more secure versions are available, see _splitpath_s, _wsplitpath_s.

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                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                    Naveen wrote:

                    Less u write, less will be the bugs...

                    Write no code and you'll have absolutely no bugs. :-\

                    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                    Naveen
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                    Yes. but the damn requirments doesnt allow me to be like that :(

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                    • D Don Box

                      That's right Naveen. BTW, how many yrs of experience do u have in VC++? Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

                      Come online at:- jubinc@skype

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                      Don Box wrote:

                      Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

                      Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

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                        Don Box wrote:

                        Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

                        Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

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                        Naveen wrote:

                        Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

                        To my which e-mail id? If it is skype, then there's no mail box for this. Its my skype id (just for chatting).

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                        • D Don Box

                          Naveen wrote:

                          Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

                          To my which e-mail id? If it is skype, then there's no mail box for this. Its my skype id (just for chatting).

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                          No I clicked "email" option in the message board. My chat id is nave432@yahoo.com

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                          • Z zengkun100

                            Suppose the full path is : C:\Program Files\codeproject.txt I want to extract the file name codeproject.txt. Of course I can use CString class to find the last '\', and then Mid to get the filename, but is there some API can do this daily job? Thank you :)

                            A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                            Nitheesh George
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                            Hi, char szFilePath[MAX_PATH] = {"C:\\Program Files\\codeproject.txt"}; char szFileNameOnly = strrchr(szFilePath,'\\'); if(szFileNameOnly) szFileNameOnly++; now szFileName points to "codeproject.txt" i think this works fine for u.

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                              Hi, char szFilePath[MAX_PATH] = {"C:\\Program Files\\codeproject.txt"}; char szFileNameOnly = strrchr(szFilePath,'\\'); if(szFileNameOnly) szFileNameOnly++; now szFileName points to "codeproject.txt" i think this works fine for u.

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                              Rajesh R Subramanian
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                              Nitheesh George wrote:

                              char szFileNameOnly = strrchr(szFilePath,'\\');

                              Good, but a small correction. strrchr returns a character pointer. :)

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                              • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                                You may use PathFindFileName() like this:

                                TCHAR \*szPath = \_T("C:\\\\Program Files\\\\codeproject.txt");
                                AfxMessageBox(PathFindFileName(szPath));
                                

                                Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                                zengkun100
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                                Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                                PathFindFileName()

                                Thank you Rajesh R Subramanian I think this is the simplest way I have ever seen :-D

                                A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                                • Z zengkun100

                                  Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                                  PathFindFileName()

                                  Thank you Rajesh R Subramanian I think this is the simplest way I have ever seen :-D

                                  A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                                  zengkun100 wrote:

                                  Thank you Rajesh

                                  You're welcome. :)

                                  Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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