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Re: invoke "file properties window"

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:38
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Mortz wrote:

>I tried both ways but nothing happens, I mean is like if the system was
>ignoring the call...

Check the return value. Probably FALSE.

>     SHObjectProperties(hwnd,OPF_PATHNAME,(wchar_t *)file.c_str(),NULL);

Do you perhaps mean SHOP_FILEPATH instead of OPF_PATHNAME?

Also, I don't think that is the proper way to get a wide char string
out of a String.  I don't use them so don't know, but IIRC, they have
a WideChar()  member function.
Also have a look at  StringToWideChar()
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