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[BrasilianBR]

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I'm using Visual Studio 2005 and coding in Visual c++. The problem I'm having is linking my browse button to a text box. I'd like a file selected in the browse window to display in a textbox next to it (the file's path, if you will). If anyone could help me out here, it'd be much appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

[dargueta]

It depends on how you opened the file. If you have a string variable somewhere, then just use that. If you used the CommonDialog object, there's a LPSTR field in the OFNSTRUCT that you can read. Otherwise you'll have to post more information.

[directoryxd]

I will try as i am a new here i heve to get some knowledge ...

[dargueta]

How did you open the file, anyway?

[Xav]

With a spanner.

[dargueta]

I don't get it.

[morefood2001]

Xav meant a file scanner. In order to read text out of a file, you need to read it using a text scanner from the standard libraries provided :)

[MeTh0Dz]

morefood2001 said:

Xav meant a file scanner. In order to read text out of a file, you need to read it using a text scanner from the standard libraries provided :)

Once again your wrong.... You don't have to use a 'standard library' to read a text file.

You can use APIs. CreateFile() ReadFile()

Sigh... Please stop.

[morefood2001]

MeTh0Dz|Reb0rn said:

Once again your wrong.... You don't have to use a 'standard library' to read a text file.

You can use APIs. CreateFile() ReadFile()

Sigh... Please stop.

I have always used the standard template library to read a file. I have never seen the APIs such as ReadFile() read files.

Programming has many approaches which are all right, it all depends on which method you like more (or are more familiar with).

[MeTh0Dz]

If you aren't educated on something, then don't say you have to do it a certain way...

[Xav]

morefood2001 said:

Xav meant a file scanner. In order to read text out of a file, you need to read it using a text scanner from the standard libraries provided :)

LOL I actually did mean "spanner", as a DIY pun. :D

[morefood2001]

Methodz: I never did, did I? :/

And xav, I know that file scanners exist in c++ because i've used them, so I figured you made a typo :P