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  • R Roger Stoltz

    Set the lpstrInitialDir of the CFileDialog member m_ofn. Read more here[^] and here[^].

    "It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote
    "High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

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    Rajesh R Subramanian
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    Wow Roger! There's documentation for these things? Who'd have thought. OT: How are things going for you? It's been a long time. :)

    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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      Hi All, I am using CFileDialog class in my application to browse a file. when i click on browse always by default application is opening desktop folder. I have one default path how to open that path instead of desktop. Thanks in advance. Regards, anil

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      You should set the lpstrInitialDir member of the CFileDialog's m_ofn struct (see [^] and [^]). Please read carefully the documentation: file dialog behaviour is OS-dependant (for instance, Windows 7 behaves distinctively with respect the initial directory). :) [added] Wow! Damned *fast* Roger! [/added] :-D

      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
      [My articles]

      In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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      • R Rajesh R Subramanian

        Wow Roger! There's documentation for these things? Who'd have thought. OT: How are things going for you? It's been a long time. :)

        “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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        :-) Hi Rajesh! Yep it's been a long time. The main reason is that I've been assigned to do Java-mumbo-jumbo and Eclipse plugins. ;-) Not really my cup of tea. Besides I've been busy (and still am...) trying to get my spare time to fit into the 24 hours given for each day. :zzz: How are things at your end? Busy? Nice things to work with?

        "It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote
        "High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

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          :-) Hi Rajesh! Yep it's been a long time. The main reason is that I've been assigned to do Java-mumbo-jumbo and Eclipse plugins. ;-) Not really my cup of tea. Besides I've been busy (and still am...) trying to get my spare time to fit into the 24 hours given for each day. :zzz: How are things at your end? Busy? Nice things to work with?

          "It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote
          "High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

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          Rajesh R Subramanian
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          Yeah, there are a few interesting things that I'm trying out (involved in a research). Nothing new or profoundly exciting though. :)

          “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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          • CPalliniC CPallini

            You should set the lpstrInitialDir member of the CFileDialog's m_ofn struct (see [^] and [^]). Please read carefully the documentation: file dialog behaviour is OS-dependant (for instance, Windows 7 behaves distinctively with respect the initial directory). :) [added] Wow! Damned *fast* Roger! [/added] :-D

            If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
            [My articles]

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            Thanks Pallini :) I have problem with filter, i am adding filter like this dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.pdm"); it has to display all .pdm files, but its not displaying .pdm files in the dialog. please help me in this regard. Thanks in advance. Regards, Anil

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            • CPalliniC CPallini

              You should set the lpstrInitialDir member of the CFileDialog's m_ofn struct (see [^] and [^]). Please read carefully the documentation: file dialog behaviour is OS-dependant (for instance, Windows 7 behaves distinctively with respect the initial directory). :) [added] Wow! Damned *fast* Roger! [/added] :-D

              If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
              This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
              [My articles]

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              CPallini wrote:

              [added] Wow! Damned *fast* Roger! [/added]

              Yeah, but I've been waiting for that one for about two months without answering anything else, so I was *really* ready. :cool:

              "It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote
              "High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

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                CPallini wrote:

                [added] Wow! Damned *fast* Roger! [/added]

                Yeah, but I've been waiting for that one for about two months without answering anything else, so I was *really* ready. :cool:

                "It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote
                "High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

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                Well, I cannot give way to "anyone waiting for about two months"... :-D

                If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                [My articles]

                In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                  Thanks Pallini :) I have problem with filter, i am adding filter like this dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.pdm"); it has to display all .pdm files, but its not displaying .pdm files in the dialog. please help me in this regard. Thanks in advance. Regards, Anil

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                  Member 4399771 wrote:

                  dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.pdm");

                  Should be

                  dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.pdm\0");

                  :)

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                  [My articles]

                  In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                    Yeah, there are a few interesting things that I'm trying out (involved in a research). Nothing new or profoundly exciting though. :)

                    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                    involved in a research

                    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                    Nothing new or profoundly exciting though.

                    I see a contraddiction, Watson! :-D

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

                    In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                      Member 4399771 wrote:

                      dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.pdm");

                      Should be

                      dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.pdm\0");

                      :)

                      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                      [My articles]

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                      Dear Pallini thanks for your reply! I tried with \0 still dialog not filtering. please check the code below.

                      CFileDialog dlgFile(TRUE);
                      CString fileName;
                      const int c\_cMaxFiles = 100;
                      const int c\_cbBuffSize = (c\_cMaxFiles \* (MAX\_PATH + 1)) + 1;
                      dlgFile.GetOFN().lpstrFile = fileName.GetBuffer(c\_cbBuffSize);
                      dlgFile.GetOFN().nMaxFile = c\_cMaxFiles;
                      dlgFile.m\_ofn.lpstrInitialDir = m\_sWorkpathPdm;
                      dlgFile.m\_ofn.lpstrFilter = \_T("\*.sct\\0");
                      dlgFile.DoModal();
                      fileName.ReleaseBuffer();
                      if (!fileName.IsEmpty())
                      	m\_sMapFileName = fileName;
                      UpdateData(FALSE);
                      

                      Regards, Anil

                      hi

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                        Dear Pallini thanks for your reply! I tried with \0 still dialog not filtering. please check the code below.

                        CFileDialog dlgFile(TRUE);
                        CString fileName;
                        const int c\_cMaxFiles = 100;
                        const int c\_cbBuffSize = (c\_cMaxFiles \* (MAX\_PATH + 1)) + 1;
                        dlgFile.GetOFN().lpstrFile = fileName.GetBuffer(c\_cbBuffSize);
                        dlgFile.GetOFN().nMaxFile = c\_cMaxFiles;
                        dlgFile.m\_ofn.lpstrInitialDir = m\_sWorkpathPdm;
                        dlgFile.m\_ofn.lpstrFilter = \_T("\*.sct\\0");
                        dlgFile.DoModal();
                        fileName.ReleaseBuffer();
                        if (!fileName.IsEmpty())
                        	m\_sMapFileName = fileName;
                        UpdateData(FALSE);
                        

                        Regards, Anil

                        hi

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                        Member 4399771 wrote:

                        dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.sct\0");

                        Change to

                        dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("sct files\0*.sct\0");
                        dlgFile.m_ofn.nFilterIndex = 1;

                        :)

                        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                        [My articles]

                        In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                        • CPalliniC CPallini

                          Member 4399771 wrote:

                          dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("*.sct\0");

                          Change to

                          dlgFile.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = _T("sct files\0*.sct\0");
                          dlgFile.m_ofn.nFilterIndex = 1;

                          :)

                          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                          [My articles]

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                          User 4396598
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                          Thank you very much Pallini :) The problem is fixed! Is there any documentation available on this topic. Regards, Anil

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                            Thank you very much Pallini :) The problem is fixed! Is there any documentation available on this topic. Regards, Anil

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                            CPallini
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                            Member 4399771 wrote:

                            Thank you very much Pallini

                            You are welcome.

                            Member 4399771 wrote:

                            Is there any documentation available on this topic.

                            There is, of course:

                            • CFileDialog class
                            • OPENFILENAME Structure
                            • Using Common Dialog Boxes : Opening a file

                            :)

                            If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                            [My articles]

                            In testa che avete, signor di Ceprano?

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                            • CPalliniC CPallini

                              Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                              involved in a research

                              Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                              Nothing new or profoundly exciting though.

                              I see a contraddiction, Watson! :-D

                              If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                              This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                              [My articles]

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                              Problem is, it isn't anywhere in my area of interests that I'm "researching" on. :)

                              “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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