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GetCreationTime, GetLastAccessTime, GetLastWriteTime

My code is dying at run-time. The output displays the filename but nothing else (it bombs after there). What am I doing wrong? (Note: I'm looking for the simplest solution that builds upon this little block below, which is merely attempting to display the filename, and related time information). Thanks.

#include <afx.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void main () {
      CFileFind finder;
      CTime creation_time;
      BOOL bWorking = finder.FindFile("C:\\send.bat");
      while (bWorking)
      {
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();
cout << (LPCTSTR) finder.GetFileName() << endl;
       cout << (LPCTSTR) finder.GetCreationTime(creation_time) << endl;
       cout << (LPCTSTR) finder.GetLastAccessTime(creation_time) << endl;
       cout << (LPCTSTR) finder.GetLastWriteTime(creation_time) << endl;
      }
}

Karl Heinz Kremer

The GetCreationTime() method returns a bool, and not a CString. You are casting the bool to a LPCTSTR, which of course points to the memory address 0 or 1. That's the reason you are getting a crash.

MrSnood

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OK, thank you, but how do I cout the stuff I'm actually looking for (the date/times)?

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luvjd

Hi Snood..
Check this example...

CFileFind finder;

BOOL bWorking = finder.FindFile(_T("C:\\*.*"));

while (bWorking)
{
bWorking = finder.FindNextFile();

_tprintf(_T("%s\n\t"), (LPCTSTR) finder.GetFileName());
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsArchived() ? 'A' : 'a');
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsCompressed() ? 'C' : 'c');
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsHidden() ? 'H' : 'h');
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsNormal() ? 'N' : 'n');
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsReadOnly() ? 'R' : 'r');
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsSystem() ? 'S' : 's');
_tprintf(_T("%c"), finder.IsTemporary() ? 'T' : 't');

_tprintf(_T("\t%I64u byte(s)\n"), finder.GetLength());

CTime tempTime;
CString str;

_tprintf(_T("\tCreated : "));
if (finder.GetCreationTime(tempTime))
{
str = tempTime.Format(_T("%c"));
_tprintf(_T("%s\n"), (LPCTSTR) str);
}
else
_tprintf(_T("(unavailable)\n"));

_tprintf(_T("\tLast Access: "));
if (finder.GetLastAccessTime(tempTime))
{
str = tempTime.Format(_T("%c"));
_tprintf(_T("%s\n"), (LPCTSTR) str);
}
else
_tprintf(_T("(unavailable)\n"));

_tprintf(_T("\tLast Write : "));
if (finder.GetLastWriteTime(tempTime))
{
str = tempTime.Format(_T("%c"));
_tprintf(_T("%s\n"), (LPCTSTR) str);
}
else
_tprintf(_T("(unavailable)\n"));

_tprintf(_T("\n"));
}

Luv..
Jd