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How to disable FileName edit box in CFileDialog?

Hi

I am working in VC++. I'm using CFileDialog class for opening files. Here I am allowing the user to open only text and pdf files by providing a filter in the constructor as shown below.

      char szFilter[64];
      memset(szFilter, 0, sizeof(szFilter));
      strcpy(szFilter, "JobDoc File(*.pdf;*.txt)");
      strcpy(&szFilter[strlen(szFilter)+1], "*.pdf;*.txt");

      CFileDialog fileDlg(TRUE, _T("*.pdf"), NULL, OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT | OFN_NOCHANGEDIR, szFilter);
      fileDlg.m_ofn.lpstrFilter = szFilter;
      fileDlg.m_ofn.lpstrTitle = "Browse Job Options File";
      fileDlg.m_ofn.lpstrInitialDir = penDrive;
      fileDlg.m_ofn.lpstrDefExt = _T("pdf");
      fileDlg.m_ofn.Flags |= OFN_NOCHANGEDIR;

Now the problem is, if the user types abc.bin file in the filename edit box on CfileDialog, and clicks on open , it tries to open that file name with that extension. So I want to disable the FileName edit box and allow the user to select & open only files from the displayed list in CFileDialog.

Can you please let me know how to disable the FileName edit box in CFileDialog.

Thanks

mahesh1402

may be you need to derive your own file dialog box from CFileDialog and need to disable control ..

-MAHESH

mahesh1402

I will suggest you to look at followin thread abt how to customize CFileFialog..
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/10009026/Customization-of-File-Open-Dialog.html

derive your own class from CFileDialog and on InitDialog of your class disable / enable controls. stc2, stc3, edt1,lst1,cmb1 are control ids of CFileDialog . Refer above for more.

-MAHESH

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l_madhavi

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Thanks Mahesh..my problem is solved..