Re: How to get "MyDocuments" path of a system?

From:
"AliR" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:29:03 -0500
Message-ID:
<44f4b200$0$15196$a8266bb1@reader.corenews.com>
BOOL CopyFiles(CString Filename,CString To)
{
SHFILEOPSTRUCT FileOpStruct;

   char *Temp = new char[Filename.GetLength()+2];
   sprintf(Temp,"%s",Filename);
   char *Temp1 = new char[To.GetLength()+2];
   sprintf(Temp1,"%s",To);

   ZeroMemory(&FileOpStruct,sizeof(SHFILEOPSTRUCT));
   FileOpStruct.wFunc = FO_COPY;
   FileOpStruct.pFrom = Temp;
   FileOpStruct.pTo = Temp1;
   FileOpStruct.fFlags = FOF_NOCONFIRMATION | FOF_NOCONFIRMMKDIR |
FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS;

   return SHFileOperation(&FileOpStruct) == 0;
}

Example

CopyFiles("C:\\Test\\*.*","C:\\Test2");

AliR.

"donos" <dipuks@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Thank you. That works. Now i can get the MyDocument path.

I used the CreateDirectory function to create a new directory inside
the MyDocuments.
Now i want to copy some text files from another directory inside
ProgramFiles to the newly created directory in MyDocuments. I was
trying to use CopyFile function. Can you tell me how to copy files from
one directory to another?

AliR wrote:

Use SHGetSpecialFolderPath() instead.

AliR.

"donos" <dipuks@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I am using Visual Studio 6.0

WHat is WINVER?

I looked at verion of shell32.dll and that is 6.0

AliR wrote:

Which version of VStudio are you using? What is your WINVER define

set

to?

AliR.

"donos" <dipuks@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156878941.577004.158110@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...

I am getting this error: error C2065: 'SHGetFolderPath' :

undeclared

identifier

AliR wrote:

User SHGetFolderPath with CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS

AliR.

"donos" <dipuks@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156868666.689366.301080@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...

For example, i have a VC++ application installed in a system

and a

USER

logs in and start using the app. How will i get the

MyDocuments

path

for the particular USER?, If there are multiple USER accounts

in a

system.

Another question i have is,

While using "CopyFile" function i need to copy some files to
MyDocuments folder of the system after creating a folder

inside

it.

How

can i give the path to "MyDocuments"?

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