Directory Path

[Tony Best]

I need to set a path based on a varible.
a CString holds a dir name ... ex. AC1019

so i need to set the path similar to this
char dir[128] = "c:\\AC1019\\*.*";


but the AC1019 has to change depending on what directory the user chose how do I do that?


Tony

[ChristianM]

i am not sure that i understand..
if yes.. try this :
strcpy(dir,"C:\\");
strcat(dir,m_string); //m_string is your CString
strcat(dir,"\\*.*");

if i dont understand.. give more info .. thanks..

[Tony Best]

Perfect!
Thanks so much

You don't know anything about setting registry setting for a program do you?

Tony

[Rishi]

Use strtok to find out the first \ and then use that pointer to copy characters from CString depeding upon its length

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Tony,

Since you're using CString, it's better to do:


CString strDir;
CString strWildcard;

strDir = "AC1019";
strWildcard.Format ("C:\\%s\\*.*", strDir);




This has the advantage of being internationalized, if you choose to build your product for languages other than English.

Another tip - as far as possible, don't use literal strings like "C:\\". Instead, create a string resource and use that to format strDir.

For example, create a string resource (ID = IDS_Wildcard) that contains "C:\\%s\\*.*" and do the following:


CString strDir;
CString strWildcard;

strDir = "AC1019";
strWildcard.Format (IDS_Wildcard, strDir);




This makes the code much more maintainable, since the wildcard spec is isolated in a single location.

/ravi