Using CFileDialog to Set Current Directory

Andy202

I just want to set the current directory to the one navigated to by the user via the CFileDialog. MFC C++ Application VS 2005 on WIndows XP. I cannot seem to find an option other than to select a specific file. I need to open multi files when the user selects the directory, but this is not using the CFileDialog. Any suggestion please. Andy.

_AnsHUMAN_

you can set the current directory value in registry and then pick it up from there before showing the CFileDialog. In OPENFILENAME structure set lpstrInitialDir variable. Hope this helps you.

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Andy202

I wanted to use the CFileDialog to find the directory and then set it to the current directory.

_AnsHUMAN_

Andy202 wrote:

to find the directory

which directory. the one that the user was currently in... Can you elaborate your problem?

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Andy202

I just want to navigate to a directory and make that diectory the CurrentDirectory. Without selectin a file.

David Crow

You want to use CFileDialog to browse to a folder but not select a file? :confused: How about using SHBrowseForFolder() instead?

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Andy202

Thanks, I used the SHBrowseForFolder. But needed to set the current directory for the CFileDialog - this was never shown - files opened in the background.

CFileDialog dlg( !save, extension, NULL, OFN\_HIDEREADONLY | OFN\_OVERWRITEPROMPT, filter );
// Set the current working directory
dlg.m\_ofn.lpstrInitialDir = path;

Many thanks, Andy.

David Crow

Just use the pidlRoot member of BROWSEINFO.

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