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DOC: CFileDialog Filter String Won't Work Under Windows 95

Article ID: 145687

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

Microsoft Foundation Class Library 4.2, when used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.2
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q145687

SUMMARY

If sample code that lists an example filter string at the bottom of the CFileDialog::CFileDialog page in the Class Library Reference is used as a filter string with a CFileDialog, the filter string will not work properly on the Windows 95 Explorer-style common file dialog.

MORE INFORMATION

The Explorer-style common dialog will not accept spaces around the '|' vertical bar characters used to separate elements of the filter string.

The line of sample code should read:

static char BASED_CODE szFilter[] =
    "Chart Files (*.xlc)|*.xlc|Worksheet Files(*.xls)|*.xls|
    Data Files (*.xlc;*.xls)|*.xlc;*.xls|All Files (*.*)|*.*||";

This documentation problem was fixed in Visual C++ 4.1.

Additional query words: 2.20 4.00 4.10 CFileDialog m_ofn lpszFilter

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