VC, Help, comdlg OPEN doesn't work

jsedo..
#1 / 4

Help, comdlg OPEN doesn't work

What's wrong with the following:

LPOPENFILENAME openStruct;
openStruct->hwndOwner = hwndDlg;
openStruct->lpstrFilter = "*.*";
openStruct->nMaxFile = 256;
openStruct->Flags = OFN_LONGNAMES | OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST;
GetOpenFileName(openStruct);

When this code is run nothing happens. I was excpecting the "Open"
dialog box to appear???? I step through it and it just executes each
line and continues on to the next (including GetOpenFileName).

Thanks in advance.

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Sat, 03 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT

David Lownde
#2 / 4

Help, comdlg OPEN doesn't work

Quote:

>What's wrong with the following:

> LPOPENFILENAME openStruct;
> openStruct->hwndOwner = hwndDlg;

It's a miracle it doesn't crash! You're writing to thin-air. Try this
instead:

OPENFILENAME openStruct;
openStruct.hwndOwner = hwndDlg;
etc...

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Sun, 04 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Lucian
#3 / 4

Help, comdlg OPEN doesn't work

LPOPENFILE name is just a pointer.
If you want to use it, you should allocate it before:
LPOPENFILENAME lpof = new(OPENFILENAME),
but it's not worth the effort.
Simply put:
OPENFILENAME of
of. .....
and pass &of to GetOpenFileName

Sun, 04 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT

jsedo..
#4 / 4

Help, comdlg OPEN doesn't work

Thanks, changing LPOPENFILENAME to OPENFILENAME worked.

Quote:

> LPOPENFILE name is just a pointer.
> If you want to use it, you should allocate it before:
> LPOPENFILENAME lpof = new(OPENFILENAME),
> but it's not worth the effort.
> Simply put:
> OPENFILENAME of
> of. .....
> and pass &of to GetOpenFileName

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Mon, 05 Aug 2002 03:00:00 GMT