CFileDialog

[KKR]

MyApplication is disappearing when I try to use CFileDialog to get a file name to save contents. This is not happening in case of Dubug version. And OS is win2000. Any suggesstions. Warm Regards, KKR

[BadJerry]

Never seen this... how do you actually call CFileDialog? maybe your filter is not defined correctly... and that would explain why you have a different behaviour in debug and release...

[KKR]

Thanks for the Respose, Following is the code static char BASED_CODE szFilter[] = "INI Files (*.INI)|*.INI|All Files (*.*)|*.*||"; CString m_szCurrentFilePath; CFileDialog obFDlg( FALSE, ".INI", m_szCurrentFilePath, OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT,szFilter, pApp ); obFDlg.DoModal(); Warm Regards, KKR

[BadJerry]

OK a few things... pApp is not a window... you should have AfxGetMainWnd() and as for the extension I think your are meant to have "INI" not ".INI" and I take your app does not use Unicode. Let me know if does the trick!

[KKR]

Yeah, In trial and error , I've kept pApp, but it holds only Parent window, Reg Extn what ever it is ".ini" or "ini", its disappearing. My application is not UNICODE one. Warm Regards, KKR

[BadJerry]

Well this is spooky and it is something I use all the time. Is your office built on an ancient indian cemetry or something? One more stab in the dark, have you tried to initialise your m_szCurrentFilePath (to _T("")) or pass NULL instead? Let me know if you do find out!

[FearlessBurner]

I have experience similar (but not identical) problems with CFileDialog based code when the file path string is incorrect. In such cases, the usual result is that the dialog fails to appear. My advice is therefore to verify that the lpszFileName parameter (3rd one) is correct. You could also try using an empty string instead, and see whether that produces different results. Hope this helps.

[Bo Hunter]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/userinput/commondialogboxlibrary/commondialogboxreference/commondialogboxstructures/openfilename.asp