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Started by CJWR July 20, 2005 10:55 AM

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CJWR

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July 20, 2005 10:55 AM

i'm trying to have my program open every file in the folder it is running in. how to i get such a list of files? i'm doing this for windows xp using c++. thank you.

Charles Reed, CEO of CJWR Software LLC

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July 20, 2005 11:01 AM

I would use boost::filesystem.

moeron

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July 20, 2005 11:42 AM

For Win32 I believe you can use FindFirstFile / FindNextFile, etc. But boost::filesystem would be much more portable. You can read more about them on MSDN

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