Open a text file or html file with a button click in MFC

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i have created dialog based MFC application with VS 2012 and want to open a text file window without the user having to browse it just like when we click a file it opens similarly in my application text file must be open when button is clicked.

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Posted 29-Jan-15 22:45pm

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Jochen Arndt 30-Jan-15 5:29am

So what is your problem?
The general procedure may be:
- Add a handler when the button is clicked
- In the handler create a dialog containing an edit control
- In that dialog load the file content into the edit control
- Optionally pass the file name to the dialog

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2015-01-29T23:40:00

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You need to register your application with the Windows Shell so that the specific file types are associated with your application. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh127451%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

Posted 29-Jan-15 23:40pm

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