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Re: CString erased without reason ?

5-Feb-06 22:29

Glad to help. BTW, you could just use dwHostLength and dwUserLength in the calls to GetBuffer() instead of computing the length twice. It's a bit safer if you change the calculation later and forget to change both places...

Ryan

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RadioOpa5-Feb-06 22:45

RadioOpa

5-Feb-06 22:45

You´re absolutely right ! Thanks again.

How to store files into database

Shoaib Patel5-Feb-06 20:53

Shoaib Patel

5-Feb-06 20:53

Hello guys,
I want your help
I want to store different files (their data) into the data base how do I do that?
I have a table called Files with one blob field FileData, the table's structure is as follows
File(FileID IDENTITY(1,1), FileData text);

I am doing this application in MFC (VS 2005).

I accepted the file name from user, opened it using CFile::open method ,read data in it into TCHAR buff & inserted into DB as follows,

TCHAR szBuff[_MAX_PATH];
CString strSQL = _T("INSERT INTO Files(FileData) VALUES '%s'");
CString str = strSQL;
strSQL.Format(str,szBuff);
m_pDataBase->ExecuteSQL,strSQL);

tell me if I am doing mistake by taking a TCHAR array & what is the alternate way for it.

Remember that the files could be of any type & later stage I need to read the file data back.
I am new to MFC so please help me
Thanks in advance.

PIDL of a selected file

ragavan5-Feb-06 19:49

ragavan

5-Feb-06 19:49

Hi I have written an application which i am using to find the file opened through the Open/Save As dialog box. I am able to get only the file name which is opened. Is it possible to get the full path of the file from the file name. Is there anyway by which i can get the PIDL of a selected file in the dialog. Thanks in advance.

swaapu5-Feb-06 20:01

swaapu

5-Feb-06 20:01

Yes, u can get the full path of the file by using this function. to display the full path:

SHGetPathFromIDList
This function converts an item identifier list to a file system path.

WINSHELLAPI BOOL WINAPI SHGetPathFromIDList(
LPCITEMIDLIST pidl,
LPSTR pszPath );
Parameters
pidl
[in] Pointer to an item identifier list that specifies a file or directory location relative to the root of the namespace (the desktop).
pszPath
[out] Pointer to a buffer to receive the file system path. This buffer must be at least MAX_PATH characters in size.
Return Values
TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.

Remarks
If the location specified by the pidl parameter is not part of the file system, this function will fail.

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ragavan5-Feb-06 20:04

ragavan

5-Feb-06 20:04

Thanks . But that function will convert the PIDL to a path. My question is how to get the PIDL of a selected file.

swaapu5-Feb-06 20:19

swaapu

5-Feb-06 20:19

Hi!!
Go through Q167834.
U will definitely get some hint from there.

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PJ Arends5-Feb-06 20:47

PJ Arends

5-Feb-06 20:47

If you are using CFileDialog, call CFileDialog::GetPathName() for the complete path to the selected file. If you are not using MFC then OPENFILENAME::lpstrFile will contain the complete path to the file.

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ragavan5-Feb-06 20:54

ragavan

5-Feb-06 20:54

That is true. But i want the file name from Open/Save as dialog of MS-Office or Notepad

signed char* to cstring

murali_utr5-Feb-06 19:30

murali_utr

5-Feb-06 19:30

how to assign signed char* data to cstring. any one help to me. thanks in advance.

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Owner drawn5-Feb-06 19:51

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5-Feb-06 19:51

CString str = _T("A signed char");

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murali_utr5-Feb-06 20:31

murali_utr

5-Feb-06 20:31

thanks for your info. But I need info about signed char* variable to cstring.

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Owner drawn5-Feb-06 20:45

Owner drawn

5-Feb-06 20:45

That is what it is!

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Ryan Binns5-Feb-06 21:45

5-Feb-06 21:45

Just assign it:

char *data = "This is some data";
CString str = data;

If you're compiling for unicode, use the ATL A2T() macro.

Ryan

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ThatsAlok6-Feb-06 0:34

ThatsAlok

6-Feb-06 0:34

Ryan Binns wrote:
If you're compiling for unicode, use the ATL A2T() macro.

Little correction Sir, we can use TCHAR instead of char to avoid use of macro like A2T

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Ryan Binns6-Feb-06 13:13

FindNextFile( ) not working in 2nd iteration

6-Feb-06 13:13

ThatsAlok wrote:
Little correction Sir, we can use TCHAR instead of char to avoid use of macro like A2T

I'm well aware of that, but his question specifically stated that he had a signed char, not a TCHAR.

Ryan

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zahid_ash5-Feb-06 19:28

zahid_ash

5-Feb-06 19:28

HI,

Suppose I have following files
FileA.txt, FileB.txt, FileC.txt, FileD.txt, FileE.txt in the Directory C:\\Files\\

I want to create new files like FileA-FileB.txt merging the text of both files.
Then FileA-FileC.txt then another FileA-FileD.txt, then FileA-FileE.txt

I have created the above all the first file and its combination with other files
but the problem is in remaing

Means create the combinations of one file with all other.
After first one create FileB-FileC, then FileB-FileD , then FileB-FileE . after that skip second one and create the combination of 3rd and forth file. so on

When I ends up with first file combiantoin with other then I do

BOOL find = finder.FindFile("C:\\Files\\FileA.txt");

BOOL get = finder.FindNextFile(); // to get the second file again , to make its combinations
but here get give false;

Why not it finds again the next file to the fileA. and return true.

Thanks

Regards.

swaapu5-Feb-06 20:04

swaapu

5-Feb-06 20:04

Hello!
Ur question is not very clear.

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Ryan Binns5-Feb-06 21:49

5-Feb-06 21:49

FindNextFile() finds the next file that matches the pattern given in the call to FindFile(). Since you've only given one file name to FindFile(), FindNextFile() will always return false. To get all the text files, specify "C:\\Files\\*.txt" in the call to FindFile()

Ryan

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zahid_ash5-Feb-06 23:26

zahid_ash

5-Feb-06 23:26

In the 2nd iteration of upper loop , will not it again retuen the first file with *.text that will again be FileA, I want to get the 2nd file in 2nd iteration that is FileB , and 3rd file in 3rd iteration.

In the inner loop its iterating to all file once then again come to outer loop

Regards.