CFile::Open and paths with spaces

[dcswee]

Riddle me this... I have a file thats name has 2 spaces in a row (eg "filename with whitespace". It wont open using the code below. I can access the file from explorer on the machine im testing but cant do it using this code, OR get any meaningful errors back from the exception.

CFileException cFileEx;
if ( !m_fileIn.Open(sFilename,CFile::modeRead,&cFileEx) )
{
TCHAR sErr[255];
BOOL bGotErr = cFileEx.GetErrorMessage(sErr,255);
cerr << &quot;Failed to open \&quot;&quot; << sFilename << &quot;\&quot;&quot; << sErr << endl;
return FALSE;
}

I would like to know why CFile::Open returns FALSE but does not do anything with cFileEx (sErr is empty) ????

 

[qednick]

what is the exact path and file name you are passing in there?

 

[dcswee]

The file path was
&quot;FW RA RECEIVES APPLICATION.txt&quot;

The problem Ive now realised is, its passed by a batch file that detects it by doing

for %%f in (*.txt) do call preproc &quot;%%f&quot;

By the time 'preproc' passes it to my application, the double space has disappeared!!! Here's the call from preproc.bat to my app:

retcode ppNotice e M \%1

The reason I thought it couldnt find my file, is that for some reason its now trying to open &quot;FW RA RECEIVES APPLICATION.txt&quot; (note the single space).

Where can I find details on parameters and how they are passed in bat files?

 

[qednick]

Have you looked it up in MSDN??