First Windows app

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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

[parksie]

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

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dialog boxes

[parksie]

Something similar to this, then:

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;
}

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

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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

[parksie]

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

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Okay, im going to dl your files,

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

[parksie]

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

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

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();
}

[parksie]

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

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

I see you're still going ahead with MFC

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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.

[parksie]

Here's the dialogue box one.

[parksie]

And windows...

[parksie]

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.