Selecting multiple files in openFIleDialog

BoudewijnEctor

Hi there, I need to select multiple files in an openfiledialog in MFC, but I use this: CFileDialog *cfd=new CFileDialog, true, ...., NULL, OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT, .... , NULL) CString x; cfd->DoModal(); x=cfd->GetPathName(); How can I convert this code to get more then one file???

Vitali Halershtein

Hi student :) To allow the user to select multiple files, set the OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT flag before calling DoModal. You need to supply your own filename buffer to accommodate the returned list of multiple filenames. Do this by replacing m_ofn.lpstrFile with a pointer to a buffer you have allocated, after constructing the CFileDialog, but before calling DoModal. Additionally, you must set m_ofn.nMaxFile with the number of characters in the buffer pointed to by m_ofn.lpstrFile. Vitali

BoudewijnEctor

Talik wrote: Do this by replacing m_ofn.lpstrFile with a pointer to a buffer you have allocated, after constructing the CFileDialog, but before calling DoModal. Additionally, you must set m_ofn.nMaxFile with the number of characters in the buffer pointed to by m_ofn.lpstrFile. I don't understand this part (I've read it to in the MSDN); that's why I put it on CP. Can you give me some code, jsut for initializing the buffer, and filling it with those files?

Vitali Halershtein

Dear BoudewijnEctor, Look at the following link with full src code and sample: http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/PJA\_MultiSelect.asp Vitali

David Crow

Try these two previous discussions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=574273&forumid=1647&mode=all&userid=52727#xx573787xx http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=574178&forumid=1647&mode=all&userid=52727#xx573924xx

PJ Arends

http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/PJA_MultiSelect.asp[^]:-D

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