Creating Sub folder

Suresh H

Hello all, I want to check for some folder c:\\a\\b and create if that folders does not exits. Till now I have done with checking and creating the c:\\a Can anyone help me hw to create the sub folder along with the main folder. I am using below code.

= "C:\\A”; ret = PathFileExists(buf); if(ret == 0) { CreateDirectory(buf,NULL); }

if I give

= “C:\\A\\B\\”;

this code has no effect .

Hamid Taebi

one way use of PathFileExists to check its exist or no(you use of it) (2) you can use of FindFirstFile/FindNext (3) if you have folders name you can use of SetCurrectDirectory(); and check return value of it 0 or 1

Suresh H wrote:

“C:\\A\\B\\”;

"C:\\A\\B"

WhiteSky

prasad_som

Suresh H wrote:

= “C:\\A\\B\\”; this code has no effect .

Path up to parent directory should be valid to make call to CreateDirectory succesfull. In your case, folder 'A' should be present to create folder 'B' in it.

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Rajesh R Subramanian

What exactly is that you are not able to do? Weren't you answered[^] for this question already?

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Suresh H

I was trying to create main and sub folder at a time so that was the problem Now I changed my code as below , now its working correctly..

= "C:\\A"; char buf1[ ] = "C:\\A\\B” ret = PathFileExists(buf); if(ret == 0) { CreateDirectory(buf,NULL); CreateDirectory(buf1,NULL); }

Thank you WhiteSky , brahmma & Prasad for yr help.

Hamid Taebi

One question you want to use of

= "C:\\A";

= "C:\\A\\B"

= "C:\\A\\B\\C"

...
...

= "C:\\A\\B\\C\\...T"

WhiteSky

Suresh H

Yes that is the problem ...:(

Hamid Taebi

if you know folers name use of String Table of course before this if your folders are like a b c d...ab ac dc,... use of numbers and convert numbers with itoa or CString::Format forPathFileExists then you can check and create 28 folder with a loop (I think you use of a b c d),but if you different names use of String Table and insert folders name on it and read of it ;)

WhiteSky

Rajesh R Subramanian

That is some dumb way of doing things. What if you have a 14 folders intermediate to create the innermost folder? Use SHCreateDirectory() or SHCreateDirectoryEx() instead.

SHCreateDirectory(NULL, TEXT("D:\\Hi there\\Good luck"));

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Rajesh R Subramanian

Bad advise. Please see here[^]

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Suresh H

Thanks WhiteSky ......I will do the same ...;)

Suresh H

Hi brahmma, I am getting undeclared identifier, we have to include any header or lib file ??? SHCreateDirectory(NULL, TEXT("C:\\A\\B\\C")); SHCreateDirectoryEx(NULL, TEXT("C:\\A\\B\\C")); error C2065: 'SHCreateDirectory' : undeclared identifier error C2065: 'SHCreateDirectoryEx' : undeclared identifier

Rajesh R Subramanian

Suresh H wrote:

we have to include any header or lib file ???

#include "shlobj.h" and you need to link to shell32.lib

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prasad_som

Good one !

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Suresh H

hi Brahmma , I added shell32.lib to project settings, but still i am getting the same error and also i ahve included #include "shlobj.h" . can u plz tell me what is the cause ??

Rajesh R Subramanian

I think you need to download the latest Platform SDK.

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Suresh H

I am using VS 6.

Rajesh R Subramanian

Suresh H wrote:

SHCreateDirectory(NULL, TEXT("C:\\A\\B\\C")); SHCreateDirectoryEx(NULL, TEXT("C:\\A\\B\\C"));

SHCreateDirectoryEx(NULL, TEXT("C:\\A\\B\\C")); There is a third parameter to the Ex version of this function! Did you not even look at this function in the documentation? the Ex version of this function allows you to define security attributes to the folder that you create. That is the third parameter while using the Ex version and that is the only difference between SHCreateDirectory() and SHCreateDirectoryEx(). If you do not want to define security attributes, then do not use the Ex version.

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Suresh H

I just tried with both the options, I want just to create a set of folders c:\\a\\b , then I think SHCreateDirectory() is enough.

Rajesh R Subramanian

Thanks!

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