by Sam Huggill (7 Submissions)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 2nd June 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Browse Folders Dialog
API Declarations
Public Type SHITEMID 'mkid
cb As Long
abID As Byte
End Type
Public Type ITEMIDLIST 'idl
mkid As SHITEMID
End Type
Public Type BROWSEINFO 'bi
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Public Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" _ (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Public Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" _ (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long
Public Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = &H1
VBcoders
Dim bi As BROWSEINFO
Dim IDL As ITEMIDLIST
Dim pidl As Long
Dim r As Long
Dim pos As Integer
Dim spath As String
bi.hOwner = Me.hWnd
bi.pidlRoot = 0&
bi.lpszTitle = "Select your Windows\System\ directory"
bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
pidl& = SHBrowseForFolder(bi)
spath$ = Space$(512)
r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal pidl&, ByVal spath$)
If r Then
pos = InStr(spath$, Chr$(0))
lblSelected = Left(spath$, pos - 1)
Else: lblSelected = ""
End If
End Sub
