GetOpenFileName on Vista, won't recognise lpstrInitialDir

09-03-2007

Hello All,

I posted this on the programmer.ui group and got no help, so I'm
cross-posting here. Hope that's OK.

I've got a problem with GetOpenFileName on Vista.

It never recognises the lpstrInitialDir field of the OPENFILE structure and
always starts off in the current working directory.

The code works fine on XP and the other systems.

Anyone seen this and worked around it?

/john

09-04-2007

Hi,

For me code:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646829.aspx
works fine also for Vista.

Checked on VS2005 with SDK for Vista

Marcin Domaslawski

"JohnD" <johnd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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	Quote:
	> Hello All, > > I posted this on the programmer.ui group and got no help, so I'm > cross-posting here. Hope that's OK. > > I've got a problem with GetOpenFileName on Vista. > > It never recognises the lpstrInitialDir field of the OPENFILE structure > and > always starts off in the current working directory. > > The code works fine on XP and the other systems. > > Anyone seen this and worked around it? > > /john

Zapf Bandit · 03-26-2008

The problem is that in XP the "lpstrInitialDir" can take a file path and it is smart enough to realise that you are refering to the directory that contains this file. With Vista it ONLY accepts a directory path. Some simple string manipulation should be able to fix this fairly easily.

09-03-2007	#1 (permalink)
JohnD Guest Posts: n/a	GetOpenFileName on Vista, won't recognise lpstrInitialDir Hello All, I posted this on the programmer.ui group and got no help, so I'm cross-posting here. Hope that's OK. I've got a problem with GetOpenFileName on Vista. It never recognises the lpstrInitialDir field of the OPENFILE structure and always starts off in the current working directory. The code works fine on XP and the other systems. Anyone seen this and worked around it? /john
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03-26-2008	#3 (permalink)
Zapf Bandit Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 xp 32bit Posts: 1	Re: GetOpenFileName on Vista, won't recognise lpstrInitialDir The problem is that in XP the "lpstrInitialDir" can take a file path and it is smart enough to realise that you are refering to the directory that contains this file. With Vista it ONLY accepts a directory path. Some simple string manipulation should be able to fix this fairly easily.

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