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I would like to open a file dialog and allow user to select only the file with name "myapplication.ini" and user can only browse folder's to check if the file is existing to select it.

so i came across CFileDialog which would do almost what i want other than limiting it to display only files with name "myapplication.ini"

currently my usage of CFiledialog

CFileDialog FileDialog(TRUE,"features.ini", NULL,OFN_HIDEREADONLY,NULL);

I am not sure what could should be changed to make it work as i expected.

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That sounds like a poor UI. Even if you filter out all but that file, the user can override the filter. If you aren't going to allow the user to make a choice of file name, why ask them for their choice?

What you are actually doing, in my view, is asking the user to select a folder. So instead of the file dialog, show them a folder selection dialog, CFolderPickerDialog.

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End user has to select the file from his location and my application will accept only with the specific filename.So i had to restrict it.
I understand fully. So ask the user to select the location rather than the file. Use a folder selection dialog and not a file selection dialog.
Yes, this would be my preferred solution too, @David is absolutely correct, a file dialog is the wrong way to go. +1.
But from a user perspective it would be nice to know if the specific file is in said folder.
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Declare the filter string like this:

static TCHAR BASED_CODE szFilter[] = _T("features.ini (features.ini)|features.ini|");

and then pass it to your CFileDialog ctor:

CFileDialog FileDialog(TRUE, NULL, NULL, OFN_HIDEREADONLY, szFilter);
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it worked after i chnage the szFilter argument to the correct argument,edited your answer.Thanks
The user types * into the filename edit box, presses enter, and all the files are revealed.
You can solve that by deriving from CFileDialog, overriding OnInitDone method with the following code: CWnd* dlgitm = GetParent()->GetDlgItem(edt1); dlgitm->EnableWindow(FALSE); This will disable the editing of the textbox text. cheers mate
You could do that, but won't it confuse the user? I know I'd be perplexed to be offered a file dialog with an edit box, but then find that the edit box was disabled.

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