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Please try class CFileFind<br />
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FindFile() can begin the search.<br />
GetFilePath() can fetch the found file's path name.<br />

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Please try class CFileFind

FindFile() can begin the search.
GetFilePath() can fetch the found file's path name.


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CFileFind is an MFC class. &nbsp;Are you working in MFC?<br />

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CFileFind is an MFC class.  Are you working in MFC?


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Prefer direct call to API.<br />

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I am working in MSVC.<br />
But I prefer direct call to API.<br />
I am trying not to rely to much on MFC. &nbsp;<br />
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I am working in MSVC.
But I prefer direct call to API.
I am trying not to rely to much on MFC.  



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VC5.0:<br />
How do i search and retrieve the path of a file &nbsp;TEST.CPP ? &nbsp;The drive and the directory which it sits in is unknown.<br />
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VC5.0:
How do i search and retrieve the path of a file  TEST.CPP ?  The drive and the directory which it sits in is unknown.


  

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C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.