Strings in VC++ 6

[rajsha]

Hi

Im using the old VC++ 6 (for some stupid reasons). Im coding a simple WINAPI call to do a recursive file search using 'FindFirstFile' .

Im not been able to concatenate two string. In fact Im not been able to use strings at all, Im currently using char* . I want to use the strings.

when I use : using namespace std; I get the error: error C2871: 'std' : does not exist or is not a namespace


I want to do a simple file search inside a path, recursively.

Im posting this problem after scrapping my brain for 2 days ....

regards
Raj

[Philip Nicoletti]

Did you ...

#include <string>

using namespace std;

in that order ??

[rajsha]

Hi

Thanx , I tried that earlier as well , however I get this

error C2065: 'string' : undeclared identifier


***************************code******************
#include <string>

using namespace std;

....


string abc = "abc";
string xyz;

xyz = abc + "cde";
***************************code******************

[S_M_A]

Where is stdafx.h? Before or after #include <string>?

[John E]

Remember also that most of STL was utter c**p in VC++6. std::string might work (maybe) but many other parts of STL either weren't supported or just didn't work.

Do upgrade your compiler. If you're short of cash you can usually obtain VC++8 (Visual Studio 2005) at very reasonable prices and it's soooo much better than VC++6 in every way.

[ovidiucucu]

Not for "some stupid reasons" but for testing purpose, I still use sometimes Visual C++ 6.0 (Enterprise Edition, SP5) and have no problem.

I've attached here a little test application using std::string and other STL stuff.
Just try to compile it yourself. If no success, then it's a mistake in your program or VC6 is not properly installed.

[rajsha]

Thanx , It worked like charm,

Also I wanted to find recursive a file inside a path , I tried this ... But i guess its wrongly done.

void list_folder(string sFolderPtr, list<string>& lFileNames)
{
string& sFolder = sFolderPtr;
string sFind = sFolder + "\\*.txt";
WIN32_FIND_DATA findData = {0};
HANDLE hFileFind = ::FindFirstFileA(sFind.c_str(), &findData);
if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != hFileFind)
{
lFileNames.push_back(sFolder); // this pushes the path of *.txt file inside list
do
{
string tempBuff="";
if (!strcmp(findData.cFileName , ".")) continue ; //skip .
if (!strcmp(findData.cFileName , "..")) continue ; //skip ..
if (findData.dwFileAttributes == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY ){
// if directory append and search recursive.
string buff = "";
buff = sFolder + "\\" + findData.cFileName ;

list_folder(buff,lFileNames);
}



}while(::FindNextFileA(hFileFind, &findData));
}
FindClose(hFileFind);
}


int main()
{

/* finding *.txt from temp */
string sFolder = "c:\\temp";
list<string> lFileNames;

list_folder(sFolder, lFileNames);

list<string>::const_iterator iter;
const list<string>::const_iterator end = lFileNames.end();
for(iter = lFileNames.begin(); iter != end; ++iter)
{
cout << (*iter).c_str() << endl;
}
return 0;
}

[rajsha]

one more update.

when I did
findData.dwFileAttributes == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY
for the path string defaultTempPath = "c:\\Documents and Settings\\"+userName+"\\Local Settings\\Temporary Internet Files\\Content.IE5";

all the directories inside the Content.IE5 folder is not recognized as folder by findData.dwFileAttributes == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY , it gives 0 (false) as output

[rajsha]

I did this
cout << "\n This is boolean value (" << findData.cFileName << ") : " << hex << (findData.dwFileAttributes);

and I got output as 14 (hex)

according to this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx , there is nothing called 14

whatis going wrong here ?

is this platform specific? will this work on winxp/vista/win7 ?


regards

[Eri523]

according to this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx , there is nothing called 14

Of course there isn't. These attributes are bit flags, so what you have here is FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM.

[srelu]

The condition

findData.dwFileAttributes == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY

is not good since dwFileAttributes holds more than just one flag. Mask the other flags with logical "and" to get only the flag you need:

(findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY

[rajsha]

Hi

Im wring a code to search if my website has been downloaded by IE or not, this is done by searching a file recursive inside "c:\\Documents and Settings\\"+userName+"\\Local Settings\\Temporary Internet Files\\Content.IE5";

I wanted to make it recursive search for a file name (abc.jpg) , i wrote this code (based on ovidiucucu's code), but its seems to be not working .

#include "stdafx.h"
#pragma warning(disable: 4786)

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <list>

using namespace std;

void list_folder(string sFolderPtr, list<string>& lFileNames)
{
   string& sFolder = sFolderPtr;
   string sFind = sFolder + "\\*.*"; 
   WIN32_FIND_DATA findData = {0};
   HANDLE hFileFind = ::FindFirstFileA(sFind.c_str(), &findData);   
   if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != hFileFind)
   {	  
	   
	   do
      {		
		string fileName = findData.cFileName;

		if ( fileName.compare("accountmsg"))
			cout << "Account msg found" ;
		string tempBuff="";
		if (!strcmp(findData.cFileName , ".")) continue ;
		if (!strcmp(findData.cFileName , "..")) continue ;		
		//cout << "\n This is boolean value (" << findData.cFileName << ") : " << hex << (findData.dwFileAttributes);// == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED);
		if ((findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY){				
			
			string buff = "";
			buff = sFolder + "\\" + findData.cFileName ;			
			list_folder(buff,lFileNames);
		} // if          

      }while(::FindNextFileA(hFileFind, &findData));
	  //lFileNames.push_back((string)buff);
   }
   FindClose(hFileFind);
}


int main()
{

	string userName = (char*) getenv("username"); // temp Directory   
	string defaultTempPath = "c:\\Documents and Settings\\"+userName+"\\Local Settings\\Temporary Internet Files\\Content.IE5";
	string rootDir = "Content.IE5";  
 


	   cout << "Starting \n";
	   string sFolder = defaultTempPath;
	   list<string> lFileNames;

	   list_folder(sFolder, lFileNames);

	   list<string>::const_iterator iter;
	   const list<string>::const_iterator end = lFileNames.end();
	   for(iter = lFileNames.begin(); iter != end; ++iter)
	   {
		 // cout << (*iter).c_str() << endl;
	   }


  
	return 0;
}

there is not error , but no desired output as well ....


regards

[ovidiucucu]

1. std::string::compare returns 0 if the strings are equal, so here is a possible mistake:
   

   if ( fileName.compare("accountmsg"))

2. don't trust in environment variables; they may differ or may be missing in diffrent systems.
3. do not use hard-coded special folders like "c:\\Documents and Settings..."; they may differ in differnt languages and in different Windows versions.
   Instead, call SHGetSpecialFolderPath or SHGetFolderPath.
4. last but not the least: in your code, no file name is added to the list; of course there is "no desired output as well"...

All these being said, if you want to get a list of files having ".jpg" extension from "Content.IE5" subfolder of temporary Internet files folder, you have to write something like this:

#include "stdafx.h"
// NOTE: <windows.h> and <shlobj.h> included in stdafx.h
#pragma warning(disable: 4786)

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <list>

DWORD list_folder(const std::string& sFolderRef,      // folder to search
                  std::list<std::string>& lFileNames, // file names list
                  const std::string& sExtRef)         // file extension
{
   std::string sFind = sFolderRef + "\\*.*"; 
   WIN32_FIND_DATA findData = {0};
   HANDLE hFileFind = ::FindFirstFileA(sFind.c_str(), &findData);   
   if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == hFileFind)
   {
       return ::GetLastError();
   }
   else
   {	  
      do
      {
         std::string sFileName = findData.cFileName;
         if(("." == sFileName) || (".." == sFileName)) continue;
         
         if(findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
         {
            list_folder(sFolderRef + "\\" + sFileName, lFileNames, sExtRef);
         }
         else
         {
            std::string sExt = sFileName.substr(sFileName.rfind(".") + 1);
            // compare extensions, non case-sensitive
            if(! stricmp(sExt.c_str(), sExtRef.c_str()))
            {
               lFileNames.push_back(findData.cFileName);
            }
         }
         
      }while(::FindNextFileA(hFileFind, &findData));
      
   }
   ::FindClose(hFileFind);
   return NO_ERROR;
}

int main()
{
   // get internet temporary files special folder
   std::string sTempIntFiles;
   sTempIntFiles.resize(MAX_PATH);
   HRESULT hr = ::SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, &sTempIntFiles[0], CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE, FALSE);
   if(FAILED(hr))
   {
      std::cout << "SHGetSpecialFolderPath failed. Error: " << std::hex << hr << std::endl;
      return hr;
   }
   std::string sRootDir = sTempIntFiles.c_str();
   sRootDir += "\\Content.IE5";

   std::list<std::string> lFileNames;

   DWORD dwRet = list_folder(sRootDir, lFileNames, "jpg");
   if(NO_ERROR != dwRet)
   {
      std::cout << "list_folder failed. Error: " << std::dec << dwRet << std::endl;
      return dwRet;
   }

   std::list<std::string>::const_iterator iter;
   const std::list<std::string>::const_iterator end = lFileNames.end();
   for(iter = lFileNames.begin(); iter != end; ++iter)
   {
      std::cout << (*iter).c_str() << std::endl;
   }
   return 0;
}

[ later edit ]

Please use CODE tags when posting source code examples.
See: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/misc.php?do=bbcode#code

[rajsha]

thanx a million

I face this problem when compiled:-
C:\project\web\test\Test_std_VS6.cpp(53) : error C2039: 'SHGetSpecialFolderPath' : is not a member of '`global namespace''
C:\project\web\test\Test_std_VS6.cpp(53) : error C2065: 'SHGetSpecialFolderPath' : undeclared identifier
C:\project\web\test\Test_std_VS6.cpp(53) : error C2065: 'CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE' : undeclared identifier

[ovidiucucu]

Just take a look with a little bit more attention in my example and see this note:

#include "stdafx.h"
// NOTE: <windows.h> and <shlobj.h> included in stdafx.h

Also, you may have a look in SHGetSpecialFolderPath function documentation, focus on "Requirements" section and see which header file must be included.