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[Programming Help] - ACSIL - Creating a new directory
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| [2018-02-25 20:23:39] |
| Zosimus - Posts: 345 |
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What is the way to create a new folder/directory from an ACSIL code? At the moment I use the Windows API CreateDirectory() function but I'm getting comiling errors. The code I use is: CreateDirectory(L"\\LV3_Folder", NULL);
the window API is included of course. The compiling error - cannot convert 'const wchar_t*' to 'LPCSTR {aka const char*}' for argument '1' to 'WINBOOL CreateDirectoryA(LPCSTR, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES)' CreateDirectory(L"\\LV3_Folder", NULL); |
| [2018-02-25 23:31:13] |
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You need to remove the L in front of the text string unless you call CreateDirectoryW instead.
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| [2018-02-26 00:28:00] |
| Zosimus - Posts: 345 |
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Yes, this solved the compiling error and the build succeeded but no new directory is created when I run the dll. (the dll itself works properly so I see no reason for the createdirectory() not to work). using CreateDirectory("\\LV3_Folder", NULL); I expect to see a "LV3_Folder" directory in the data folder.
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