FindFirst and Next help

[Chris_SE]

If I try this:
[code]
#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>

void main()
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
FindFirstFile("c:/*.cpp",&data);
cout<<&data;

}
[code]
I get a number that looks like a memory address. How can I extract the filename??

[Vlatko]

No no . You can't print data. Data is a WIN32_FIND_DATA structure now. To get the filename use:

cout<<data.cFileName;

[Chris_SE]

When i tried that b4 it printed a wierd symbol

[Vlatko]

That is because maybe there are no cpp files in that dir. I tried this code and it works. If there are cpp files it prints the file name of the first one else it prints nothing.

WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
if(FindFirstFile("c:/*.cpp",&data) != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) 
{
cout<<data.cFileName;
}

[Chris_SE]

Ill try that

[Chris_SE]

My syntax is like that but findnext in a loop will only return the first file. Any ideas?