assigning string to char

Tara14

Hello, I want to assign a string stored in a CString to char data type. I am unfamiliyar with char data types. They are, somehow, totally beyond my understanding! Basically, I am getting the path of a file in strFileName. I want to extract only the file name from it. This is what I am trying to do:

if (dlg.DoModal() == IDOK)
{
strFileName.Format("%s",dlg.GetPathName());
// Add to MRU list
AfxGetApp()->AddToRecentFileList(strFN);

// extract the file name
char filePath\[\_MAX\_PATH\];
char drive\[\_MAX\_DRIVE\];
char dir\[\_MAX\_DIR\];
char fname\[\_MAX\_FNAME\];
char ext\[\_MAX\_EXT\];

filePath = strFN;  // ---> this is wrong. Plz can you tell me the correct way.

\_splitpath( filePath, drive, dir, fname, ext );
CString st; st.Format("%s%s",fname,ext);
SetWindowText(st);
pDoc->IsNew = FALSE;

}

Thanks.

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David Crow

Tara14 wrote:

I am unfamiliyar with char data types. They are, somehow, totally beyond my understanding!

Yet you understand CString??

Tara14 wrote:

strFileName.Format("%s",dlg.GetPathName());

Why not simply:

strFileName = dlg.GetPathName();

Tara14 wrote:

filePath = strFN; // ---> this is wrong. Plz can you tell me the correct way. _splitpath( filePath, drive, dir, fname, ext );

Should be:

_splitpath(strFileName, NULL, NULL, fname, NULL);

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Lost User

Hello, is this an CFileDialog Object, right??? Use:

CString csFileName = FileOpenDlg.GetFileName();

regards break;

Tara14

DavidCrow wrote:

Should be: _splitpath(strFileName, NULL, NULL, fname, NULL);

As simple as that!:-O! Silly me. Trying unnecessary stuff!! Thank you.

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