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Listing 6 The CRecentFileListEx() function

class CRecentFileListEx : public CRecentFileList
{
public:
    CRecentFileListEx(UINT nStart, LPCTSTR lpszSection,
        LPCTSTR lpszEntryFormat, int nSize,
        int nMaxDispLen = AFX_ABBREV_FILENAME_LEN):  
        CRecentFileList(nStart, lpszSection, lpszEntryFormat, nSize, nMaxDispLen)
    {
    }
		
    BOOL GetDisplayName(CString& strName, int nIndex,
        LPCTSTR lpszCurDir, int nCurDir, BOOL bAtLeastName = TRUE) const;
};

BOOL CRecentFileListDlgApp::InitInstance()
{
    ...
    	
    LoadStdProfileSettings();  // Load standard INI file options (including MRU)

    // Delete the m_pRecentFileList created in the LoadStdProfileSettings.
    delete m_pRecentFileList;

    // The nSize argument of the constructor is set to four because the  
    // LoadStdProfileSettings takes a default of four.  If you specify a  
    // different value for the nMaxMRU argument you need to change the
    // nSize argument for the constructor call.
    m_pRecentFileList = new CRecentFileListEx(0, FileSection, FileEntry, 4);
    m_pRecentFileList->ReadList();

    ...
}