Opening folders

[dave_long]

Hi i would like to know how to open a folder, from hitting a button on a dialog wizard/app. What i want to achieve is this: This wizard i want to create will create a file which is needed by a 3rd party program. What i want to do is once the button is pressed which creates the new folder, i want to press another button which will open up the folder where that new file was created. I dont ned to know how to create buttons etc. Its just how do i open a normal folder from clicking on a button? Any ideas? kind regards Dave Long

[valikac]

What do you mean "open" a folder? If the program creates a file in a specific folder and that folder does not exist, then the program should loop through the full folder path and create each folder accordingly beginning at the parent folder, i.e. "C:\" Kuphryn

[dave_long]

The folder already exists and the file that gets created is placed in that existing folder. All i want is to be able to click a button on the wizard to display that folder without having to manually open it by double clicking icons until i get to the folder to display the file. Dave Long

[J Dunlap]

ShellExecute() with the command line being the folder path. :)

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[Hari Krishnan Noida]

Hi, Try the following code, it will open the specified folder in explorer. void UserDialog::OnButtonClicked() { ShellExecute(GetSafeHwnd (), "open", "C:\\dave\\folder", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); } regards ~Hari~

[dave_long]

Hi Hari Great thanks that worked a treat. kind regards Dave Long Hi, Try the following code, it will open the specified folder in explorer. void UserDialog::OnButtonclicked() { ShellExecute(GetSafeHwnd (), "open", "C:\\dave\\folder", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); } regards ~Hari~