First Windows app

Hello,

Okay i am trying at my first window app and I need some help...

All I have is a text box and a command button.
After the user enters in a name like c:\mytext.txt
and then hits the okay button I would like it to pull up the console and display the text there.

I know how to call up the system and how to display the file once opened, but I do not know how to tell the okay button to do that.

Any help would be apprecitated.

Thanks

You need to catch the WM_COMMAND message in your window procedure. Are you using dialogue boxes or windows?

dialog boxes

Something similar to this, then:

Code:

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LRESULT __stdcall MainDlgProc(HWND hWndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {
        switch(uMsg) {
                case WM_COMMAND:
                        switch(LOWORD(wParam)) {
                                case IDC_BTN_GO:
                                        MessageBox(hWndDlg, "Hello", "Go!", MB_OK);
                                        return TRUE;
                        }
                        break;

        }
        return FALSE;
}

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Replace IDC_BTN_GO with the ID of your button. You can then use GetDlgItem to get the window handle of the text box, and retrieve its text using GetDlgItemText :)

Im lost.
Its funny too.
I have a very good knowledge of C and C++,
but how come I am lost when it comes to this?

I think a MVC++ book will

Because you have to understand how the Windows API works to create windows / dialogue boxes.

If you read through the introductory parts of the Platform SDK it helps to clear things up a lot. In the meantime I have a couple of example projects that might help for reference value:

http://www.parksie.net/Raw.zip
http://www.parksie.net/RawDlg.zip

PS: if you get any warnings about INT_PTR or LONG_PTR change them to LRESULT :)

Okay, im going to dl your files,

do you think the MVc++ book would be great help?

I doubt it, because those books usually talk about MFC :(

Vlatko's big long list of sites is probably all the reference you'll need. Plus, if you DL the Platform SDK you'll make your life a lot easier -- it's really helped me :)

Parksie could you tell me why this create file function doesnt work ?

Code:

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HCURSOR CTestDlg::OnQueryDragIcon()
{
        return (HCURSOR) m_hIcon;
}

void CTestDlg::OnOK()
{
       
                char *file="C:\testing.txt";

                CreateFile(file,0,FILE_SHARE_DELETE,CREATE_NEW,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE,SECURITY_ANONYMOUS);





        CDialog::OnOK();
}

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Quote:

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char *file="C:\testing.txt";

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\t is an escape character. All filenames should be forward slashes, or \\.

I see you're still going ahead with MFC :)

hmm
Well, what else can I use other than mvc++
If I use a command line editor or not mfc what and how do i do this.

I cant go to your *.zip files either because my works firewall blocked it. :(

Here's the dialogue box one.

And windows...

MFC is not MSVC++. MFC is the Microsoft Foundation Classes, used for simplifying creation of Windows programs. However, it's no help for learning how to make them.

MSVC++ is the IDE and compiler.