Select folder names
2000-02-04 Files & Folders 2 401
With the help of a couple of API-functions it's possible to display a dialog that lets
the user select a folder:
Private Type BROWSEINFO ' used by the function GetFolderName 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 Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _ Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" _ Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long Function GetFolderName(Msg As String) As String ' returns the name of the folder selected by the user Dim bInfo As BROWSEINFO, path As String, r As Long Dim X As Long, pos As Integer bInfo.pidlRoot = 0& ' Root folder = Desktop If IsMissing(Msg) Then bInfo.lpszTitle = "Select a folder." ' the dialog title Else bInfo.lpszTitle = Msg ' the dialog title End If bInfo.ulFlags = &H1 ' Type of directory to return X = SHBrowseForFolder(bInfo) ' display the dialog ' Parse the result path = Space$(512) r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal X, ByVal path) If r Then pos = InStr(path, Chr$(0)) GetFolderName = Left(path, pos - 1) Else GetFolderName = "" End If End Function Sub TestGetFolderName() Dim FolderName As String FolderName = GetFolderName("Select a folder") If FolderName = "" Then MsgBox "You didn't select a folder." Else MsgBox "You selected this folder: " & FolderName End If End Sub