How can I validate if a file is name valid in Windows?

Question

Is there a Windows API function that I can pass a string value to that will return a value indicating whether a file name is valid or not?

I need to verify that a file n

Answer 1

In case you are checking if the file name is valid in the sense "can the file be named like this?" :

No, there is no function to directly check that. You will have to write you own function.

But, if you know what is a valid file name (the valid file name does now contain any of the following: \ / : * ? " < > |) that shouldn't be such a problem.

You could perhaps help your self with some of these functions from ctype.h (with them you can check if a specific character belongs to some specific character classes):

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cctype/