C / C++ / MFC

23-Jul-07 3:21

I'm trying to generate a directory listing of all the files in a specific directory as files are sent to it. Files are sent to this directory on a regular basis and each file needs to be listed with it's date created attribute. I can't just check by name to see if the file already exist in the list because I'm also checking for duplicates. Can anyone help me at least with how a real-time search coding in C++ will look like?
Thanks

Anurag Gandhi23-Jul-07 3:29

Anurag Gandhi

23-Jul-07 3:29

Can you please clear out what exactly u want.

Anurag Gandhi.
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KirkNarine23-Jul-07 4:11

23-Jul-07 4:11

I need to know how you will list the files in a directory as the files are added in C++

David Crow23-Jul-07 3:32

David Crow

23-Jul-07 3:32

Monitor the folder using either ReadDirectoryChangesW() or FindFirstChangeNotification().

"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

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KirkNarine23-Jul-07 4:13

23-Jul-07 4:13

What is the best way to list a directory in C++. I've heard of using boost libraries. Any suggestions or comments?

David Crow23-Jul-07 4:20

David Crow

23-Jul-07 4:20

KirkNarine wrote:
What is the best way...

I guess that all depends on your viewpoint (i.e., what's best for you may not be for others, and vice versa).

KirkNarine wrote:
I've heard of using boost libraries. Any suggestions or comments?

Technically, C++ has no knowledge of folders and other file-system related things. I'm not familar with Boost so any comments would be unjust. In any case, check out _findfirst() and _findnext().

"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow

"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne

Abhijeet Pathak23-Jul-07 3:36

23-Jul-07 3:36

SHChangeNotifyRegister() function can be used if you want to receive notifications when something in shell namespace is changed... (e.g. file/folder creation, deletion, rename etc..)

take a look at http://www.codeproject.com/atl/shellfoldertree.asp, it may help you...

http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/shell/shchangenotify.htm : this is a Visual Basic sample... it might help you...
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KirkNarine23-Jul-07 4:14

23-Jul-07 4:14

Any suggestion on listing a directory in C++. I've heard of boost libraries, any comments on it?

Abhijeet Pathak23-Jul-07 4:19

23-Jul-07 4:19

Yes, the following article on CP shows how to use Boost libraries for directory listing:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/find_file.asp

and the following one shows how to do the same without using Boost libraries i.e. by using Win32 API functions like FindFirstFile() etc.
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/recursedir.asp

And, I guess, the second method would be best, because it will eliminate dependencies on Boost libraries as it uses core API functions.

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KirkNarine23-Jul-07 4:25

23-Jul-07 4:25

Thanks, you've been a huge help. This is just what I needed

Visual Studio 2005 windows layout

Hamid_RT31-Jul-07 20:05

Hamid_RT

31-Jul-07 20:05

See How to Receive Shell Change Notifications [^] if helpfuls.

WhiteSky

Demian Panello23-Jul-07 3:18

Demian Panello

23-Jul-07 3:18

Hi.

I have installed Visual Studio 2005. The firts time I opened it, it prompts to select a particular windows layout. By mistake, I have selected the Visual Basic developer layout, and now I have everything changed. I mean, the workspace windows is docked at right, and I want it docked at the left side of the IDE. I want the IDE like Visual Studio 6.0!! Cry | :((

but by anxiety I've selected the wrong option in the first running and now I can't find how to change that selection.

Please help, I can't programm with this VB layout!!! Do you understand? Dead | X|

Demian.

"I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone."
-Bjarne Stroustrup, computer science professor, designer of C++
programming language (1950- )

Abhijeet Pathak23-Jul-07 3:44

23-Jul-07 3:44

To change the VS2005 Window Layout, use following method:

1. On the Tools menu, choose Import and Export Settings.

2. On Welcome to the Import and Export Settings Wizard page, click Import selected environment settings and then click Next.

3. On the Save Current Settings page, select Yes, save my current settings, and then click Next.

4. In Which collection of settings do you want to import, select a settings collection from the list and then click Next.

5. In Which settings do you want to import, expand the list and select only the categories or category items you want to apply to your current settings.

6. Click Finish.

7. The Reset Complete page lists any errors associated with resetting your settings under Details.

Smile | :)

Demian Panello23-Jul-07 4:03

Demian Panello

23-Jul-07 4:03

Yes it works!!

thank you so much Abhijeet!!. Big Grin | :-D

Best regards

Mark Salsbery23-Jul-07 5:47

Mark Salsbery

23-Jul-07 5:47

That must have been hell being in VB land. Glad you made it out! Smile | :)

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]

Abhijeet Pathak23-Jul-07 6:01

23-Jul-07 6:01

yes, actually when i first tried my hands on VS2005, same thing happened to me and took 2 days to find out how to do it in MSDN...

Smile | :)

Mark Salsbery23-Jul-07 6:10

Mark Salsbery

23-Jul-07 6:10

I just migrated to 2005 a little over a week ago, but I remember this being one of the few
times I actually read the message at install time that stated how to set it back if you change
environment later. That still doesn't mean I would have been able to find it if I needed it!

The settings import/export came in handy for seting up other machines, so I saw it again anyway Smile | :)

Cheers!
Mark

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
Java | [Coffee]