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  • N Naveen

    Don Box wrote:

    still I'll strongly recommend u to try writing such function.

    Less u write, less will be the bugs...

    nave [OpenedFileFinder]

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    Naveen wrote:

    Less u write, less will be the bugs...

    Write no code and you'll have absolutely no bugs. :-\

    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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    • Z zengkun100

      Suppose the full path is : C:\Program Files\codeproject.txt I want to extract the file name codeproject.txt. Of course I can use CString class to find the last '\', and then Mid to get the filename, but is there some API can do this daily job? Thank you :)

      A Chinese VC++ programmer

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      You may use PathFindFileName() like this:

      TCHAR \*szPath = \_T("C:\\\\Program Files\\\\codeproject.txt");
      AfxMessageBox(PathFindFileName(szPath));
      

      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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      • Z zengkun100

        Suppose the full path is : C:\Program Files\codeproject.txt I want to extract the file name codeproject.txt. Of course I can use CString class to find the last '\', and then Mid to get the filename, but is there some API can do this daily job? Thank you :)

        A Chinese VC++ programmer

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        #include <Shlwapi.h>; #pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib") LPTSTR lpszFileName = PathFindFileName(szPath);

        ============ Einstein Seeing is believing.

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        • Z zengkun100

          Thank you nave! I think I have got the answer:_splitpath :)

          A Chinese VC++ programmer

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          zengkun100 wrote:

          I think I have got the answer:_splitpath

          MSDN Says: _splitpath is deprecated because more secure versions are available, see _splitpath_s, _wsplitpath_s.

          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian

            Naveen wrote:

            Less u write, less will be the bugs...

            Write no code and you'll have absolutely no bugs. :-\

            Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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            Yes. but the damn requirments doesnt allow me to be like that :(

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            • D Don Box

              That's right Naveen. BTW, how many yrs of experience do u have in VC++? Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

              Come online at:- jubinc@skype

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              Don Box wrote:

              Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

              Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

              nave [OpenedFileFinder]

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              • N Naveen

                Don Box wrote:

                Do u have any Skype/Yahoo id?

                Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

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                Naveen wrote:

                Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

                To my which e-mail id? If it is skype, then there's no mail box for this. Its my skype id (just for chatting).

                Come online at:- jubinc@skype

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                • D Don Box

                  Naveen wrote:

                  Yahoo only... Have send my chat id to your mail box. check

                  To my which e-mail id? If it is skype, then there's no mail box for this. Its my skype id (just for chatting).

                  Come online at:- jubinc@skype

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                  No I clicked "email" option in the message board. My chat id is nave432@yahoo.com

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                  • Z zengkun100

                    Suppose the full path is : C:\Program Files\codeproject.txt I want to extract the file name codeproject.txt. Of course I can use CString class to find the last '\', and then Mid to get the filename, but is there some API can do this daily job? Thank you :)

                    A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                    Hi, char szFilePath[MAX_PATH] = {"C:\\Program Files\\codeproject.txt"}; char szFileNameOnly = strrchr(szFilePath,'\\'); if(szFileNameOnly) szFileNameOnly++; now szFileName points to "codeproject.txt" i think this works fine for u.

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                    • N Nitheesh George

                      Hi, char szFilePath[MAX_PATH] = {"C:\\Program Files\\codeproject.txt"}; char szFileNameOnly = strrchr(szFilePath,'\\'); if(szFileNameOnly) szFileNameOnly++; now szFileName points to "codeproject.txt" i think this works fine for u.

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                      Nitheesh George wrote:

                      char szFileNameOnly = strrchr(szFilePath,'\\');

                      Good, but a small correction. strrchr returns a character pointer. :)

                      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                      • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                        You may use PathFindFileName() like this:

                        TCHAR \*szPath = \_T("C:\\\\Program Files\\\\codeproject.txt");
                        AfxMessageBox(PathFindFileName(szPath));
                        

                        Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                        Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                        PathFindFileName()

                        Thank you Rajesh R Subramanian I think this is the simplest way I have ever seen :-D

                        A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                        • Z zengkun100

                          Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                          PathFindFileName()

                          Thank you Rajesh R Subramanian I think this is the simplest way I have ever seen :-D

                          A Chinese VC++ programmer

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                          zengkun100 wrote:

                          Thank you Rajesh

                          You're welcome. :)

                          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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