by Peter Elisa (1 Submission)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Thu 5th June 2008
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Folder Customizer
VBcoders
Public nam As String
Public start1 As String
Public start2 As String
Public back As Integer
Public finish As Integer
Public en As Integer
Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpRetunedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lplFileName As String) As Long
Global r%
Global INIpath$
Global entry$
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "USER32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Private Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" (ByVal hMem As Long)
Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Private Const BIF_STATUSTEXT = 4
Private Const WM_USER = &H400
Private Const BFFM_INITIALIZED = 1
Private Const BFFM_SELCHANGED = 2
Private Const BFFM_SETSTATUSTEXTA = (WM_USER + 100)
Private Const BFFM_SETSELECTIONA = (WM_USER + 102)
Private Type BrowseInfo
hwndOwner 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
Private m_sDefaultFolder As String
Private Declare Function SetFileAttributes Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetFileAttributesA" _
(ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwFileAttributes As Long) As Long
Private Const FileAttributeArchive = &H20, FileAttributeReadonly = &H1
Private Const FileAttributeSystem = &H4, FileAttributeHidden = &H2
Private Const FileAttributeDirectory = &H10
Sub main()
back = 0
en = 0
frmain.Show
'Form1.Show
End Sub
Function GetFromINI(AppName$, KeyName$, FileName$) As String
Dim RetStr As String
RetStr = String(255, Chr(0))
GetFromINI = Left(RetStr, GetPrivateProfileString(AppName$, ByVal KeyName$, "", RetStr, Len(RetStr), FileName$))
End Function
Public Function BrowseForFolder(DefaultFolder As String, Optional Parent As Long = 0, Optional Caption As String = "") As String
Dim bi As BrowseInfo
Dim sResult As String, nResult As Long
bi.hwndOwner = Parent
bi.pIDLRoot = 0
bi.pszDisplayName = String$(MAX_PATH, Chr$(0))
If Len(Caption) > 0 Then
bi.lpszTitle = Caption
End If
bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
bi.lpfn = GetAddress(AddressOf BrowseCallbackProc)
bi.lParam = 0
bi.iImage = 0
m_sDefaultFolder = DefaultFolder
nResult = SHBrowseForFolder(bi)
If nResult <> 0 Then
sResult = String(MAX_PATH, 0)
If SHGetPathFromIDList(nResult, sResult) Then
BrowseForFolder = Left$(sResult, InStr(sResult, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End If
CoTaskMemFree nResult
End If
End Function
Private Function BrowseCallbackProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, ByVal lpData As Long) As Long
Select Case uMsg
Case BFFM_INITIALIZED
If Len(m_sDefaultFolder) > 0 Then
SendMessage hwnd, BFFM_SETSELECTIONA, True, ByVal m_sDefaultFolder
End If
End Select
End Function
Private Function GetAddress(nAddress As Long) As Long
GetAddress = nAddress
End Function
Public Function WriteINI(sSection As String, sKeyName As String, sValueData _
As String, sINIFileName As String) As Boolean
On Local Error Resume Next
Call WritePrivateProfileString(sSection, sKeyName, sValueData, _
sINIFileName)
WriteINI = (Err.Number = 0)
End Function
Public Sub setFolderRead(folderspec)
Dim f, fs
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fs.GetFolder(folderspec)
f.Attributes = FileAttributeDirectory + FileAttributeReadonly
End Sub
Public Sub FileAttribHide(ByVal FileName As String)
Dim vResult As Long: On Local Error Resume Next
vResult = SetFileAttributes(FileName, FileAttributeHidden + FileAttributeSystem)
End Sub