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DOC/View show modified and full path

I have an MDI application which is a text editor. I wish to show the full path to the file being edited in the title bar. I also want to append an asterisk to the title if the file in the editor is different from the file on disk.

What's the right way to do this?

Thanks in advance,
Mike.

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ShaunWilde

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MDarling

ASKER

hi Shaun, thanks for your answer.

what about the first part of the question though?

regards,
Mike.

ShaunWilde

use SetTitle(...) to put your file name up in the title bar

MDarling

ASKER

Ok thanks again, but i'm having a little trouble. When i modify the doc the title changes correctly.

However, when I save the title reverts back to just the filename without the path - the framework is doing this and I can't figure out how. This is the code for SaveModified

BOOL bRet=CDocument::SaveModified();
SetModifiedFlag(FALSE);
return bRet;

which is being called.

Any ideas?

regards,
Mike.

I have also modified SetModifiedFlag to...

void CMaceEditDoc::SetModifiedFlag( BOOL bModified /*= TRUE */ )
{
CDocument::SetModifiedFlag(bModified);
CString title = GetFullTitle();
int asterisk = title.GetLength()-1;
if (asterisk >=0 && title.GetAt(asterisk)=='*')
{
if (!bModified)
{
title.SetAt(asterisk,0);
}
}
else if (bModified)
{
title += '*';
}

SetTitle(title);
}

CString CMaceEditDoc::GetFullTitle()
{
CString strTitle=GetPathName();
if(strTitle.IsEmpty()) strTitle=_T("New Document");
return strTitle;
}

MDarling

ASKER

it's being called from DoSave from in OnFileSave

looking further...

MDarling

ASKER

same goes from OnOpenDocument

ShaunWilde

I suspect it is being set from SetPathName in the MFC - this is a virtal function and you can override it if you wish - have a look at the MFC implementation in DOCCORE.CPP

CYourDoc::SetPathName(...)
{
CDocument::SetPathName(...); // use correct base class here
SetTitle(...); // set your title back again
}

MDarling

ASKER

Yes!

Thanks.

Regards,
Mike.