Re: GetOpenFileName problem

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From: John Berg
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:39

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"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <gambit47@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>"Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <ed@mulroyREMOVETHESECHARS.org> wrote in message
>news:3eadef87@newsgroups.borland.com...
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>> So put these in the Defines box as a macro:
>> _WIN32_WINNT=0x400
>> WINVER=0x400
>>
>> That should change it from the 0x500 that it defaults to
>> and should cause the Windows header files to expand
>> with the older, smaller size for the structure.
>
>Also, just an FYI, you can alternatively use the OPENFILENAME_NT4 structure
>instead of OPENFILENAME.  That way, you don't have to alter _WIN32_WINNT or
>WINVER, which effect the entire API as a whole.  By using OPENFILENAME_NT4,
>you'll be using the same structure that Win98 expects, as it doesn't include
>any of the extra fields that OPENFILENAME has for newer OSes.  In fact,
>that's why the API has OPENFILENAME_NT4 in the first place - for backwards
>compatibility.
>
>
>Gambit
>
>
The Defines worked just fine; as you surmised I'm running under
Win98SE.  Will also try the OPENFILENAME_NT4 approach.

Thanks!

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