Enhancing the SHBrowseForFolder API Function
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Browse for a Folder using SHBrowseForFolder API function with a callback function BrowseCallbackProc. This Extends the functionality that was given in the MSDN Knowledge Base article Q179497 “HOWTO: Select a Directory Without the Common Dialog Control”.
After reading the MSDN knowledge base article Q179378 “HOWTO: Browse for Folders from the Current Directory”, I was able to figure out how to add a callback function that sets the starting directory and displays the currently selected path in the “Browse For Folder” dialog.
Original Author: Stephen Fonnesbeck
Inputs
Public Function BrowseForFolder(owner As Form, Title As String, StartDir As String) As String
owner = referance to the calling from (can be 0)
Title = Intructions to appear in the “Browse for Folder” dialog.
StartDir = The directory that is displayed in the tree view when the dialog appears.
Assumptions
How to call API functions and how to use the AddressOf operator to get a function pointer and store it in a variable.
Returns
If user doesn’t click cancel then it returns a string with the directory the users selected.
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