Re: Get Folder from Full File Path

From:
"Nobody" <Nobody@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:39:52 -0700
Message-ID:
<OKucVYRbHHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
It believe it is basically doing the same thing as using _splitpath.
You can use CString instead of static buffers.
Releasing the buffer cuts off anything extra as I understand it.

void CFileOp::ParseFileName(CString& strFileName)
{
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //Parse String for Name, Extension, Directory, Drive
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 _splitpath( strFileName.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH),
m_strDrive.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH), m_strDirectory.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH),
m_strFileName.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH), m_strExtension.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH) );
 strFileName.ReleaseBuffer();
 m_strDrive.ReleaseBuffer();
 m_strFileName.ReleaseBuffer();
 m_strExtension.ReleaseBuffer();

 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Save Variables
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 m_strFileNameAndExtension = m_strFileName + m_strExtension;
 m_strDriveAndDirectory = m_strDrive + m_strDirectory;
}

You can also preintialize the buffer size or do it on the fly.
 m_strDrive.GetBufferSetLength(MAX_PATH);

    CString cs = Path;
    ::PathAddBackslash(cs.GetBuffer(_MAX_PATH));
    cs.ReleaseBuffer(-1);

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