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Hey everybody,

I am currently having difficulty using GetOpenFileName() and GetSaveFileName(). The keeps returning the error " undefined reference to `_GetOpenFileNameA@4' ". I can't seem to find a fault in my code, so is it the compiler or is it the code? I am using CodeBlocks.

void DoFileOpen(HWND hwnd)
{
	OPENFILENAME ofn;
	char szFileName[MAX_PATH] = ""; // Buffer in which the filename will be placed

	ZeroMemory(&ofn, sizeof(ofn));

	ofn.lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAME);
	ofn.hwndOwner = hwnd;
	ofn.lpstrFilter = "Text Files (*.txt)\0*.txt\0All Files (*.*)\0*.*\0";
	ofn.lpstrFile = szFileName;
	ofn.nMaxFile = MAX_PATH;
	ofn.Flags = OFN_EXPLORER | OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_HIDEREADONLY;
	ofn.lpstrDefExt = "txt";

	if(GetOpenFileName(&ofn))
	{
		HWND hEdit = GetDlgItem(hwnd, IDC_MAIN_EDIT);
		LoadTextFileToEdit(hEdit, szFileName);
	}
}

~G

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Member Avatar for Fbody

I don't know WINAPI, so I can't help you with your syntax, but it sounds like you are missing a library file that the linker needs.

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You're probably missing comdlg32.lib in your linker settings.

By the way, the Common File Dialog API has been superseded by the Common Item Dialog API.

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I found the solution as I was searching using Google. The C::B GCC compiler does not support this, so you need to install Open Watcom, as set this as your compiler for your project. You can download it at http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download (click one of the mirror links and then go to the Watcom directory and download the .exe file that corresponds with your OS) and installation guide is at http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Configuring_Code::Blocks

~G

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