How to loop through a directory

santhoshv84

Hi Friends, I need to get all the files from a directory in an array. But i cant use CFileDialog.. The path is constant like "C:\\JPEG". From this folder i need to get all the files. Could any one help me find out. Thanks in advance...

Thanks and Regards. SANTHOSH V

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FindFirstFile/FindNextFile

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Sarath C

See the sample from MSDN. Hope you can use MFC

void Recurse(LPCTSTR pstr)
{
CFileFind finder;

// build a string with wildcards
CString strWildcard(pstr);
strWildcard += _T("\\*.*");

// start working for files
BOOL bWorking = finder.FindFile(strWildcard);

while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();

  // skip . and .. files; otherwise, we'd
  // recur infinitely!

  if (finder.IsDots())
     continue;

  // if it's a directory, recursively search it

  if (finder.IsDirectory())
  {
     CString str = finder.GetFilePath();
     TRACE(\_T("%s\\n"), (LPCTSTR)str);
     Recurse(str);
  }

}

finder.Close();
}

void PrintDirs()
{
Recurse(_T("C:\\JPG"));
}

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Jijo Raj

Use the CFileFind class. 1) Use CFileFind::FindFile() and CFileFind::FindNextFile() to iterate through the directories and files. 2) Use CFileFind::IsDirectory() function to determine whether its file/folder and just add it to your array. 3) You can get the file name by using CFileFind::GetFileName() and file path by calling CFileFind::GetFilePath(). if you need the windows api itself, have a look at FindFirstFile() and FindNextFile(). Regards, Jijo.

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Sarath C

alternate methods are to use CRT _findfirst/_findnext[^] or Win32 FindFirstFile/FindNextFile[^] Functions

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SandipG

Little late.. Some body didn't like it :(

Regards, Sandip.

modified on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 6:59 AM

Jijo Raj · modified on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 6:59 AM

My keyboard is a bit slow. :laugh: Regards, Jijo.

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Jijo Raj · modified on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 6:59 AM

Don't worry pal! I've voted a 5. ;) Regards, Jijo.

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David Crow

santhoshv84 wrote:

I need to get all the files from a directory in an array. But i cant use CFileDialog..

Even if you could, why would you want/need to? :confused:

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