‘Description: Calls the “Browse For Folder Dialog” without need for an OCX
‘Place the following code in under a command button or in a menu, etc…
Dim BI As BROWSEINFO
Dim nFolder As Long
Dim IDL As ITEMIDLIST
Dim pIdl As Long
Dim sPath As String
Dim SHFI As SHFILEINFO
With BI
‘ The dialog’s owner window…
.hOwner = Me.hWnd
‘ Set the Browse dialog root folder
nFolder = GetFolderValue(m_wCurOptIdx)
‘ Fill the item id list with the pointer of the selected folder item, rtns 0 on success
‘ ==================================================
‘ If this function fails because the selected folder doesn’t exist,
‘ .pidlRoot will be uninitialized & will equal 0 (CSIDL_DESKTOP)
‘ and the root will be the Desktop.
‘ DO NOT specify the CSIDL_ constants for .pidlRoot !!!!
‘ The SHBrowseForFolder() call below will generate a fatal exception
‘ (GPF) if the folder indicated by the CSIDL_ constant does not exist!!
‘ ==================================================
If SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(ByVal Me.hWnd, ByVal nFolder, IDL) = NOERROR Then
.pidlRoot = IDL.mkid.cb
End If
‘ Initialize the buffer that rtns the display name of the selected folder
.pszDisplayName = String$(MAX_PATH, 0)
‘ Set the dialog’s banner text
.lpszTitle = “Browsing is limited to: ” & optFolder(m_wCurOptIdx).Caption
‘ Set the type of folders to display & return
‘ -play with these option constants to see what can be returned
.ulFlags = GetReturnType()
End With
‘ Clear previous return vals before the
‘ dialog is shown (it might be cancelled)
txtPath = “”
txtDisplayName = “”
pic16Icon.Picture = LoadPicture() ‘ clears prev icon
pic32Icon.Picture = LoadPicture()
‘ Show the Browse dialog
pIdl = SHBrowseForFolder(BI)
‘ If the dialog was cancelled…
If pIdl = 0 Then Exit Sub
‘ Fill sPath w/ the selected path from the id list
‘ (will rtn False if the id list can’t be converted)
sPath = String$(MAX_PATH, 0)
SHGetPathFromIDList ByVal pIdl, ByVal sPath
‘ Display the path and the name of the selected folder
txtPath = Left(sPath, InStr(sPath, vbNullChar) – 1)
txtDisplayName = Left$(BI.pszDisplayName, _
InStr(BI.pszDisplayName, vbNullChar) – 1)
‘ Get the 16×16 icon info from the id list using the pidl
SHGetFileInfo ByVal pIdl, 0&, SHFI, Len(SHFI), _
SHGFI_PIDL Or SHGFI_ICON Or SHGFI_SMALLICON
‘ The 16×16 icon handle rtnd in SHFI.hIcon is stretched to 32×32.
‘ DrawIconEx() will shrink (or stretch) the icon per it’s cxWidth & cyWidth params
DrawIconEx pic16Icon.hdc, 0, 0, SHFI.hIcon, 16, 16, 0, 0, DI_NORMAL
pic16Icon.Refresh
‘ Get the 32×32 icon info from the id list
SHGetFileInfo ByVal pIdl, 0&, SHFI, Len(SHFI), _
SHGFI_PIDL Or SHGFI_ICON
‘ SHFI.hIcon is OK here so DrawIcon() can be used
DrawIcon pic32Icon.hdc, 0, 0, SHFI.hIcon
pic32Icon.Refresh
‘ Frees the memory SHBrowseForFolder()
‘ allocated for the pointer to the item id list
CoTaskMemFree pIdl
‘End of Code————————————————————————————
‘Module Declarations —————————————————————————
‘ Objects in the shell’s namespace are assigned item identifiers and item
‘ identifier lists. An item identifier uniquely identifies an item within its parent
‘ folder. An item identifier list uniquely identifies an item within the shell’s
‘ namespace by tracing a path to the item from the desktop.
‘ An item identifier is defined by the variable-length SHITEMID structure.
‘ The first two bytes of this structure specify its size, and the format of
‘ the remaining bytes depends on the parent folder, or more precisely
‘ on the software that implements the parent folder’s IShellFolder interface.
‘ Except for the first two bytes, item identifiers are not strictly defined, and
‘ applications should make no assumptions about their format.
Type SHITEMID ‘ mkid
cb As Long ‘ Size of the ID (including cb itself)
abID() As Byte ‘ The item ID (variable length)
End Type
‘ The ITEMIDLIST structure defines an element in an item identifier list
‘ (the only member of this structure is an SHITEMID structure). An item
‘ identifier list consists of one or more consecutive ITEMIDLIST structures
‘ packed on byte boundaries, followed by a 16-bit zero value. An application
‘ can walk a list of item identifiers by examining the size specified in each
‘ SHITEMID structure and stopping when it finds a size of zero. A pointer
‘ to an item identifier list, is sometimes called a PIDL (pronounced piddle)
Type ITEMIDLIST ‘ idl
mkid As SHITEMID
End Type
‘ Converts an item identifier list to a file system path.
‘ Returns TRUE if successful or FALSE if an error occurs, for example,
‘ if the location specified by the pidl parameter is not part of the file system.
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib “shell32.dll” Alias “SHGetPathFromIDListA” _
(ByVal pIdl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
‘ Retrieves the location of a special (system) folder.
‘ Returns NOERROR if successful or an OLE-defined error result otherwise.
Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation Lib “shell32.dll” _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, _
pIdl As ITEMIDLIST) As Long
‘ SHGetSpecialFolderLocation successful rtn val
Public Const NOERROR = 0
‘ SHGetSpecialFolderLocation nFolder params:
‘ Most folder locations are stored in:
‘ [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
‘ Value specifying the types of folders to be listed in the dialog box as well as other
‘ options. This member can be 0 or one of the following values:
‘ Windows desktop, virtual folder at the root of the name space.
Public Const CSIDL_DESKTOP = &H0
‘ File system directory that contains the user’s program groups
‘ (which are also file system directories).
Public Const CSIDL_PROGRAMS = &H2
‘ Control Panel, virtual folder containing icons for the control panel applications.
Public Const CSIDL_CONTROLS = &H3
‘ Printers folder, virtual folder containing installed printers.
Public Const CSIDL_PRINTERS = &H4
‘ File system directory that serves as a common respository for documents.
Public Const CSIDL_PERSONAL = &H5 ‘ (Documents folder)
‘ File system directory that contains the user’s favorite Internet Explorer URLs.
Public Const CSIDL_FAVORITES = &H6
‘ File system directory that corresponds to the user’s Startup program group.
Public Const CSIDL_STARTUP = &H7
‘ File system directory that contains the user’s most recently used documents.
Public Const CSIDL_RECENT = &H8 ‘ (Recent folder)
‘ File system directory that contains Send To menu items.
Public Const CSIDL_SENDTO = &H9
‘ Recycle bin, file system directory containing file objects in the user’s recycle bin.
‘ The location of this directory is not in the registry; it is marked with the hidden and
‘ system attributes to prevent the user from moving or deleting it.
Public Const CSIDL_BITBUCKET = &HA
‘ File system directory containing Start menu items.
Public Const CSIDL_STARTMENU = &HB
‘ File system directory used to physically store file objects on the desktop
‘ (not to be confused with the desktop folder itself).
Public Const CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY = &H10
‘ My Computer, virtual folder containing everything on the local computer: storage
‘ devices, printers, and Control Panel. The folder may also contain mapped network drives.
Public Const CSIDL_DRIVES = &H11
‘ Network Neighborhood, virtual folder representing the top level of the network hierarchy.
Public Const CSIDL_NETWORK = &H12
‘ File system directory containing objects that appear in the network neighborhood.
Public Const CSIDL_NETHOOD = &H13
‘ Virtual folder containing fonts.
Public Const CSIDL_FONTS = &H14
‘ File system directory that serves as a common repository for document templates.
Public Const CSIDL_TEMPLATES = &H15 ‘ (ShellNew folder)
‘========================================================
‘ Frees memory allocated by SHBrowseForFolder()
Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib “ole32.dll” (ByVal pv As Long)
‘ Displays a dialog box that enables the user to select a shell folder.
‘ Returns a pointer to an item identifier list that specifies the location
‘ of the selected folder relative to the root of the name space. If the user
‘ chooses the Cancel button in the dialog box, the return value is NULL.
Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib “shell32.dll” Alias “SHBrowseForFolderA” _
(lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long ‘ ITEMIDLIST
‘ Contains parameters for the the SHBrowseForFolder function and receives
‘ information about the folder selected by the user.
Public Type BROWSEINFO ‘ bi
‘ Handle of the owner window for the dialog box.
hOwner As Long
‘ Pointer to an item identifier list (an ITEMIDLIST structure) specifying the location
‘ of the “root” folder to browse from. Only the specified folder and its subfolders
‘ appear in the dialog box. This member can be NULL, and in that case, the
‘ name space root (the desktop folder) is used.
pidlRoot As Long
‘ Pointer to a buffer that receives the display name of the folder selected by the
‘ user. The size of this buffer is assumed to be MAX_PATH bytes.
pszDisplayName As String
‘ Pointer to a null-terminated string that is displayed above the tree view control
‘ in the dialog box. This string can be used to specify instructions to the user.
lpszTitle As String
‘ Value specifying the types of folders to be listed in the dialog box as well as
‘ other options. This member can include zero or more of the following values below.
ulFlags As Long
‘ Address an application-defined function that the dialog box calls when events
‘ occur. For more information, see the description of the BrowseCallbackProc
‘ function. This member can be NULL.
lpfn As Long
‘ Application-defined value that the dialog box passes to the callback function
‘ (if one is specified).
lParam As Long
‘ Variable that receives the image associated with the selected folder. The image
‘ is specified as an index to the system image list.
iImage As Long
End Type
‘ BROWSEINFO ulFlags values:
‘ Value specifying the types of folders to be listed in the dialog box as well as
‘ other options. This member can include zero or more of the following values:
‘ Only returns file system directories. If the user selects folders
‘ that are not part of the file system, the OK button is grayed.
Public Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = &H1
‘ Does not include network folders below the domain level in the tree view control.
‘ For starting the Find Computer
Public Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN = &H2
‘ Includes a status area in the dialog box. The callback function can set
‘ the status text by sending messages to the dialog box.
Public Const BIF_STATUSTEXT = &H4
‘ Only returns file system ancestors. If the user selects anything other
‘ than a file system ancestor, the OK button is grayed.
Public Const BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS = &H8
‘ Only returns computers. If the user selects anything other
‘ than a computer, the OK button is grayed.
Public Const BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER = &H1000
‘ Only returns (network) printers. If the user selects anything other
‘ than a printer, the OK button is grayed.
Public Const BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER = &H2000
Declare Function DrawIcon Lib “user32″ (ByVal hdc As Long, _
ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal hIcon As Long) As Boolean
Declare Function DrawIconEx Lib “user32″ (ByVal hdc As Long, _
ByVal xLeft As Long, ByVal yTop As Long, ByVal hIcon As Long, _
ByVal cxWidth As Long, ByVal cyWidth As Long, ByVal istepIfAniCur As Long, _
ByVal hbrFlickerFreeDraw As Long, ByVal diFlags As Long) As Boolean
Declare Function SHGetFileInfo Lib “Shell32″ Alias “SHGetFileInfoA” _
(ByVal pszPath As Any, ByVal dwFileAttributes As Long, _
psfi As SHFILEINFO, ByVal cbFileInfo As Long, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long
‘ DrawIconEx() diFlags values:
Public Const DI_MASK = &H1
Public Const DI_IMAGE = &H2
Public Const DI_NORMAL = &H3
Public Const DI_COMPAT = &H4
Public Const DI_DEFAULTSIZE = &H8
‘ pszPath:
‘ Pointer to a buffer that contains the path and filename. Both absolute and
‘ relative paths are valid. If uFlags includes the SHGFI_PIDL, value pszPath
‘ must be the address of an ITEMIDLIST structure that contains the list of
‘ item identifiers that uniquely identifies the file within the shell’s name
‘ space. This string can use either short (the 8.3 form) or long filenames.
‘ dwFileAttributes:
‘ Array of file attribute flags (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ values). If uFlags does not
‘ include the SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES value, this parameter is ignored.
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY = &H1
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = &H2
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM = &H4
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY = &H10
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE = &H20
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = &H80
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY = &H100
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED = &H800
‘ psfi and cbFileInfo:
‘ Address and size, in bytes, of the SHFILEINFO structure that receives the
‘ file information.
‘ Maximun long filename path length
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Type SHFILEINFO ‘ shfi
hIcon As Long
iIcon As Long
dwAttributes As Long
szDisplayName As String * MAX_PATH
szTypeName As String * 80
End Type
‘ uFlags:
‘ Flag that specifies the file information to retrieve. This parameter can
‘ be a combination of the following values:
‘ Modifies SHGFI_ICON, causing the function to retrieve the file’s large icon.
Public Const SHGFI_LARGEICON = &H0&
‘ Modifies SHGFI_ICON, causing the function to retrieve the file’s small icon.
Public Const SHGFI_SMALLICON = &H1&
‘ Modifies SHGFI_ICON, causing the function to retrieve the file’s open icon.
‘ A container object displays an open icon to indicate that the container is open.
Public Const SHGFI_OPENICON = &H2&
‘ Modifies SHGFI_ICON, causing the function to retrieve a shell-sized icon.
‘ If this flag is not specified, the function sizes the icon according to the
‘ system metric values.
Public Const SHGFI_SHELLICONSIZE = &H4&
‘ Indicates that pszPath is the address of an ITEMIDLIST structure rather than a
‘ path name.
Public Const SHGFI_PIDL = &H8&
‘ Indicates that the function should use the dwFileAttributes parameter.
Public Const SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES = &H10&
‘ Retrieves the handle of the icon that represents the file and the index of the
‘ icon within the system image list. The handle is copied to the hIcon member
‘ of the structure specified by psfi, and the index is copied to the iIcon member.
‘ The return value is the handle of the system image list.
Public Const SHGFI_ICON = &H100&
‘ Retrieves the display name for the file. The name is copied to the szDisplayName
‘ member of the structure specified by psfi. The returned display name uses the
‘ long filename, if any, rather than the 8.3 form of the filename.
Public Const SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME = &H200&
‘ Retrieves the string that describes the file’s type. The string is copied to the
‘ szTypeName member of the structure specified by psfi.
Public Const SHGFI_TYPENAME = &H400&
‘ Retrieves the file attribute flags. The flags are copied to the dwAttributes
‘ member of the structure specified by psfi.
Public Const SHGFI_ATTRIBUTES = &H800&
‘ Retrieves the name of the file that contains the icon representing the file.
‘ The name is copied to the szDisplayName member of the structure specified by psfi.
Public Const SHGFI_ICONLOCATION = &H1000&
‘ Returns the type of the executable file if pszPath identifies an executable file.
‘ To retrieve the executable file type, uFlags must specify only SHGFI_EXETYPE.
‘ The return value specifies the type of the executable file:
‘ 0 Nonexecutable file or an error condition.
‘ LOWORD = NE or PEHIWORD = 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0 Windows application
‘ LOWORD = MZHIWORD = 0 MS-DOS .EXE, .COM or .BAT file
‘ LOWORD = PEHIWORD = 0 Win32 console application
Public Const SHGFI_EXETYPE = &H2000&
‘ Retrieves the index of the icon within the system image list. The index is copied
‘ to the iIcon member of the structure specified by psfi. The return value is the
‘ handle of the system image list.
Public Const SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX = &H4000&
‘ Modifies SHGFI_ICON, causing the function to add the link overlay to the file’s icon.
Public Const SHGFI_LINKOVERLAY = &H8000&
‘ Modifies SHGFI_ICON, causing the function to blend the file’s icon with the system
‘ highlight color.
Public Const SHGFI_SELECTED = &H10000
