FindFirstFile not working

[sachanratnesh]

WIN32_FIND_DATAA data; HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(".\\images\\*?*",&data); This is returning a INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE handler. in Window XP while in Windows 7 it is working fine. In XP if you will run this use case it will work. but after doing another some use case and then will run it it will give exception.

[Jochen Arndt]

In case of errors call GetLastError() to know about the reason of the failure. To get the corresponding error message use FormatMessage(). When not using FormatMessage() you can lookup the error number in WinError.h to get the english error message. Don't forget to close the returned handle using FindClose() when a search operation has been finished.

[Lost User]

See the comments abot Return Value at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364418(v=vs.85).aspx[^].

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[Gisle Vanem]

"*?*" is the same as "*" under Win-XP at least. Did you hope for something else?

Gisle V.
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[Joe Woodbury]

Check what the current directory is.

[David Crow]

sachanratnesh wrote:

HANDLE h = FindFirstFile(".\\images\\*?*",&data);

Are you confusing relative vs. absolute paths? Since you are using the former, does the "images" folder exist in the same folder as the exe that is running?

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