Hi what i want to accomplish is this: To transfer a file from one folder to another folder without having to do that manually. ie. open both folders and drag and drop, or copy and paste. What i want is to have a very basic console program or win based but preferably console based, that exists in the folder with the file and i just want to be able to drop the file on top of the console icon and for it to be sent to the destination folder. I need almost no user input just to drop the file on top of the icon to run the program to send the file to its destination folder. Anyone have anyi deas how i would go about doing this. im using VC++.NET environ. kind regards Dave Long

Hi Hari Great thanks that worked a treat. kind regards Dave Long Hi, Try the following code, it will open the specified folder in explorer. void UserDialog::OnButtonclicked() { ShellExecute(GetSafeHwnd (), "open", "C:\\dave\\folder", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); } regards ~Hari~

The folder already exists and the file that gets created is placed in that existing folder. All i want is to be able to click a button on the wizard to display that folder without having to manually open it by double clicking icons until i get to the folder to display the file. Dave Long

Hi i would like to know how to open a folder, from hitting a button on a dialog wizard/app. What i want to achieve is this: This wizard i want to create will create a file which is needed by a 3rd party program. What i want to do is once the button is pressed which creates the new folder, i want to press another button which will open up the folder where that new file was created. I dont ned to know how to create buttons etc. Its just how do i open a normal folder from clicking on a button? Any ideas? kind regards Dave Long

I really need some help here folks. Im using VC++.net (vc++ v7.x) Im trying to create a simple wizard based program. However nowhere can i find a decent tutorial or guide to help me work it out. lots of tutorials, sorry a few tutorials talk about property pages and property sheets. Others about Cdialog and classes. Also alot make you click on a menu toolbar to bring up the wizard. I dont want this, what i want is when you click the .exe a single dialog screen appears straight away and then you use the Next and Back buttons to navigate between the pages. Can anyone give me some help please, either some advice or a best way to do it tip, or a link to a decent tutorial one that MSN search cant find as ive looked. Im not looking for anyone to do it for me, just a big kick in the right direction please. One problem that i have also found is that a couple of articles say i need to change the base class from one thing to something else but i dont see how i can do this it just doesnt let me. Any advice, please im pulling my hair out. Kind regards Dave Long

Sorry folks i'd like to say that i'm an advanced beginner,but.. I'm building a dialog based app, and have (using Vc++.net mfc ide) built a number of dialog boxes, the problem that im having is coding next and back buttons. I cant seem to find any tutorials or explanations of how to do it,would someone kindly give me a nudge in the right direction. kind regards Dave Long