how to get path text from CMFCEditBrowseCtrl?
c++, mfc, visual-studio-2010, winapi
Solution
CMFCEditBrowseCtrl is extended from CEdit and you can use `GetWindowText` / `SetWindowText` to access the currently displayed filename.
Update
Just do:
CString strText;
dlg.inFileCtrl.GetWindowText(strText);
The failed assertion could be due to any number of reasons (trace into it to see the cause). You may have to grab the text in the dialog code before the dialog closes.
Problem
I'm working on MFC win32 project. I have dialog with 2 CMFCEditBrowseCtrl controls. After user specifies files on these controls, how to get file paths from these controls? Update: here is my code ``` SpecifyInputDialog dlg; // this is my dialog inherited from CDialogEx dlg.DoModal(); CString strText; dlg.inFileCtrl.GetWindowTextA(strText.GetBuffer(), 500); // inFileCtrl is CMFCEditBrowseCtrl object ``` Results in "Debug Assertion Failed" error on last line... Update 2: ``` CString strText; dlg.inFileCtrl.GetWindowText(strText); ``` The same "Debug Assertion Failed" error. I will try to get text while dialog not dissmissed. Update 3 (solved): I managed to get path text by implementing callback ``` BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(SpecifyInputDialog, CDialogEx) ON_EN_CHANGE(IDC_MFCEDITBROWSE1, &SpecifyInputDialog::OnEnChangeMfceditbrowse1) END_MESSAGE_MAP() ``` And in handler method: ``` void SpecifyInputDialog::OnEnChangeMfceditbrowse1() { this->inFileCtrl.GetWindowText(this->inFileString); } ``` So your thought about getting text while dialog are not closed yet was right. Please update your answer thus I could mark it as solution.