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CFileFind question

CFileFind has FindFile() and FindNextFile() and GetFileName()
member functions. I would like to do

      CFileFind finder;
      finder.FindFile("*.h");
// NEXT GetFileName can not be used since it can be used
// only after callinf FindNextFile().
AfxMessageBox(finder.GetFileName(),MB_OK);
      while(finder.FindNextFile())
      {
       AfxMessageBox(finder.GetFileName(),MB_OK);
      }

but how do I get the name of my first wildcard file. so
I cannot call gefiletname if findnextfile is not called before.
I cannot call findnextfile if findfile is not called before.
But I need to get the first filename. Please do not guess
an answer, I need a working answer

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hasmet

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I do not think so, it will give you one less than total # of ".h" files
in the current dir. I believe the only way is to use the mfc help sample
like :
CFileFind finder;
BOOL bWorking = finder.FindFile("*.h");
while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();
AfxMessageBox(finder.GetFileName(),MB_OK);
}

you did exactly what I did (I put the first message box to illustrate, it will
give you ASSERTIONS and crash). but thanks for trying

hasmet

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hasmet

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sorry my server had a problem sending