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CString strFile = _T("C:\\myfile.txt");
HANDLE hFile = CreateFile (strFile, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_NEW, 0, NULL);

TCHAR*  pSlash = NULL;            // location of last backslash filespec
TCHAR   szFilespec [_MAX_PATH];   // filespec

// Get filename of .exe file sans name
::GetModuleFileName (AfxGetInstanceHandle(), szFilespec, _MAX_PATH);
pSlash = _tcsrchr (szFilespec, _T('\\'));
ASSERT (pSlash != NULL);
pSlash++;
*pSlash = _T('\0');
CString strFilename = szFilespec + _T("myFile.txt");
hFile = Create (strFilename, ...)

CString strFilename = szFilespec;
strFilename += _T("myFile.txt");

<br />
        TCHAR m_szDrive[10];<br />
        TCHAR m_szDir[MAX_PATH];<br />
        TCHAR m_szFullPath[MAX_PATH];<br />
        CString sFile; <br />
        // Application Path <br />
        ::GetModuleFileName(NULL,m_szFullPath,MAX_PATH);<br />
        _splitpath(m_szFullPath,m_szDrive,m_szDir,NULL,NULL); <br />
        sFile=m_szDrive;<br />
        sFile+=m_szDir;<br />
        sFile+=_T("myfile.txt");<br />
    //    CreateFile(sFile,.... THAT DOESN'T WORK<br />
        HANDLE h = ::CreateFile ( sFile,<br />
                                GENERIC_WRITE,<br />
							    FILE_SHARE_READ,<br />
							    NULL,<br />
							    OPEN_ALWAYS,<br />
							    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,<br />
							    NULL ) ;<br />

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

#define WM_MYMESSAGE WM_USER + 1

PostMessage(WM_MYMESSAGE,0,0);

...
ON_MESSAGE(WM_MYMESSAGE,OnMyMessage)
...

STARTUPINFO startupInfo;
PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;
::ZeroMemory(&startupInfo, sizeof(startupInfo));
startupInfo.cb = sizeof(startupInfo);
::ZeroMemory(&processInfo, sizeof(processInfo));

char cmd[MAX_PATH + MAX_PATH + 5];
sprintf(cmd,"\"%s\" \"%s\"", szExe, pdfFile);
BOOL startedOK = CreateProcess(
	NULL,
	cmd,	// Complete command line, including quoting
	NULL,	// Process security
	NULL,	// Thread security
	FALSE,	// Inheritance
	0,	// no special startup flags
	NULL,	// no special environment
	NULL,	// no default startup directory
	&startupInfo,
	&processInfo);	// Get hProcess and dwProcessId from this

if(!startedOK)
{
	ShowLastError(cmd);
	return;
}

// Don't attempt to control the Acrobat Reader until it is ready
<big>WaitForInputIdle(processInfo.hProcess,INFINITE);</big>