Hey guys, I'm having a bit of a problem using the 'CreateDirectory' function. :CODE: #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { string str; cout << "Type The Name Of The Folder You Want To Create.\n"; cout << "Folder:"; cin >> str; CreateDirectory(str); cout << "\nFolder Created!\n"; cin.get(); return 0; } :CODE: It doesn't seem to like that i'm using a variable for the folder name. Any thaughts guys? thanx djas

1. CreateDirectory requires 2 parameters: BOOL CreateDirectory(LPCTSTR lpszPath, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpsa) 2. The first parameter is a pointer to a charater string. The string type is a class. You need to use the c_str() method to extract the C string from the string object. :CODE: #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { string str; LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES attr; attr = NULL; cout << "Type The Name Of The Folder You Want To Create.\n"; cout << "Folder:"; cin >> str; CreateDirectory(str.c_str(), attr); cout << "\nFolder Created!\n"; cin.get(); return 0; } :CODE:

Thanx I think I understand, Ill read up on it. djas