[SOLVED] Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function

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[SOLVED] Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function #481192 08/12/20 13:33 08/12/20 13:33
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest Aku_Aku OP Serious User
Aku_Aku OP Serious User Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest	Hi All! I tried to use this function: SHCreateDirectoryExA I can't call it to life. Here is how I tried to do: Code int WINAPI SHCreateDirectoryEx(HWND hwnd, LPCSTR pszPath, void* psa); #define PRAGMA_API SHCreateDirectoryEx;Shell32.dll!SHCreateDirectoryExA SHCreateDirectoryEx(NULL, _chr(pif), NULL); I got a crash for the third line: "Script crash in main" I included the following headers: Code #include <acknex.h> #include <strio.c> #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> What should be the correct way of the usage of this function? Last edited by Aku_Aku; 08/13/20 18:42.

Re: Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function [Re: Aku_Aku] #481201
08/12/20 21:46 08/12/20 21:46

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Hi,it works here. I am not getting any errors.

Code

///////////////////////////////
#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>
#include <windows.h>
///////////////////////////////

int WINAPI SHCreateDirectoryEx(HWND hwnd, LPCSTR pszPath, void* psa);
#define PRAGMA_API SHCreateDirectoryEx;Shell32.dll!SHCreateDirectoryExA

STRING* pif="c:\\xx";
function main()
{
	SHCreateDirectoryEx(NULL, _chr(pif), NULL);

	//verification
	if(GetFileAttributes(_chr(pif))!=0xFFFFFFFF)
	{
		printf("Done!");
	}
}

Re: Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function [Re: Aku_Aku] #481213 08/13/20 14:32 08/13/20 14:32
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest Aku_Aku OP Serious User
Aku_Aku OP Serious User Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest	Interesting... I going to try it again, maybe I did something wrong. Thanks. Edit: OK, I've catched the reason. The function declaration was in the main at my side. After I moved that out of the main, it suddenly began to work. Now it is OK. Thanks again Emre. Last edited by Aku_Aku; 08/13/20 18:41.

Re: Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function [Re: Aku_Aku] #481215 08/13/20 16:23 08/13/20 16:23
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Dooley User Joined: May 2005 Posts: 871 Chicago, IL	Brackets seem to help when I am programming. I know there are situations where you don't technically need them, but I tend to stay safe and use them all the time. See my games here: https://www.indiedb.com/company/michael-klaus-schmidt

Re: Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function [Re: Emre] #481220 08/13/20 18:30 08/13/20 18:30
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest Aku_Aku OP Serious User
Aku_Aku OP Serious User Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest	@Emre: Strange... Doesn't work for me... I have got the message: Script crashes in main. I am investigating more on that. It is OK now, as I explained in my edited previous post. Last edited by Aku_Aku; 08/13/20 18:43.

Re: Using the SHCreateDirectoryExA function [Re: Dooley] #481221 08/13/20 18:31 08/13/20 18:31
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest Aku_Aku OP Serious User
Aku_Aku OP Serious User Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest	Which brackets did you mean?

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