CFileDialog changes the current directory..argh!

[PhilipG]

I present a standard open dialog to the user. Once the user makes a file selection, the file is manipulated.

Later in the code, having NOTHING to do with the file\path that was retrieved from the dialog, I must create a "error.log" file where the application resides. Little did I know, but the path changed!!!

Example:

1) Program executed, current path = C:\Temp
2) Dialog selection made, current path CHANGED to F:\Directory
3) Call Open("error.log", mode::Create..etc). File created in F:\Directory\error.log

What can I do to prevent this? I tried calling the ::GetCurrentDirectory() in the dialog's constructor, but received a ASSERT. Also calling from OnInitDialog() fails.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Phil

[CornedBee]

There's a flag, OFN_DONTCHANGEDIR or something like that, which prevents the common dialog from changing the working directory.

[PhilipG]

Exactly...thanks!

[PhilipG]

Well, how can I prevent this:

A shortcut to the application is placed on the desktop. When the user executes the program from the shortcut, the initial current directory becomes the desktop and thus the error.log file is generated on the desktop.

Could I prevent this?

Phil

[CornedBee]

Specifiy the working directory in the shortcut property to be something else.