Finding the path to the pictures
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There is no enumeration to get to Pictures from VBA and VBScript. Pictures was never added to those old things. Javascript in a browser has no access to the users filesystem so that's pretty much useless, unless you want to describe what you're doing with it. The work around is to just use the path of "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures".
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Hi, THIS IS NOT FOR .NET. I need this in vbs, js and vba I want to findout the path to the active user his pictures. I know how the find the documents, desktop of favorites throu specialfolders but pictures is'nt in it :( In google I didn't find anything usefull. Jan
For VBA, you'll need to use either SHGetFolderPath[^] or the newer SHGetKnownFolderPath[^]. How To Use the SHGetFolderPath Function from Visual Basic[^]
Option Explicit
Private Const S_OK = &H0
Private Const S_FALSE = &H1
Private Const E_INVALIDARG = &H80070057Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Const SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0
Private Const CSIDL_MYPICTURES = &H27Private Declare Function SHGetFolderPath Lib "shfolder" _
Alias "SHGetFolderPathA" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, _
ByVal hToken As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal pszPath As String) As LongPrivate Function GetFolderPath(ByVal csidl As Long) As String
Dim path As String
Dim returnValue As Longpath = String(MAX\_PATH, 0) returnValue = SHGetFolderPath(0, csidl, 0, SHGFP\_TYPE\_CURRENT, path) Select Case returnValue Case S\_OK GetFolderPath = Left(path, InStr(1, path, Chr(0)) - 1) Case S\_FALSE ' The CSIDL in nFolder is valid, but the folder does not exist. ' Use CSIDL\_FLAG\_CREATE to have it created automatically GetFolderPath = vbNullString Case E\_INVALIDARG ' nFolder is invalid Err.Raise 5, "csidl", "Invalid folder" End SelectEnd Function
Public Function GetPicturesFolderPath() As String
GetPicturesFolderPath = GetFolderPath(CSIDL_MYPICTURES)
End FunctionFor script running locally, you could read the folder path from the registry (HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders). However, there is a warning in that key telling you not to do that! :) Since you can't call Windows functions directly from script, you'd need to create a COM object to call the Windows API, and invoke that object from your script. For script running in the browser, there is no way to
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For VBA, you'll need to use either SHGetFolderPath[^] or the newer SHGetKnownFolderPath[^]. How To Use the SHGetFolderPath Function from Visual Basic[^]
Option Explicit
Private Const S_OK = &H0
Private Const S_FALSE = &H1
Private Const E_INVALIDARG = &H80070057Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Const SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0
Private Const CSIDL_MYPICTURES = &H27Private Declare Function SHGetFolderPath Lib "shfolder" _
Alias "SHGetFolderPathA" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, _
ByVal hToken As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal pszPath As String) As LongPrivate Function GetFolderPath(ByVal csidl As Long) As String
Dim path As String
Dim returnValue As Longpath = String(MAX\_PATH, 0) returnValue = SHGetFolderPath(0, csidl, 0, SHGFP\_TYPE\_CURRENT, path) Select Case returnValue Case S\_OK GetFolderPath = Left(path, InStr(1, path, Chr(0)) - 1) Case S\_FALSE ' The CSIDL in nFolder is valid, but the folder does not exist. ' Use CSIDL\_FLAG\_CREATE to have it created automatically GetFolderPath = vbNullString Case E\_INVALIDARG ' nFolder is invalid Err.Raise 5, "csidl", "Invalid folder" End SelectEnd Function
Public Function GetPicturesFolderPath() As String
GetPicturesFolderPath = GetFolderPath(CSIDL_MYPICTURES)
End FunctionFor script running locally, you could read the folder path from the registry (HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders). However, there is a warning in that key telling you not to do that! :) Since you can't call Windows functions directly from script, you'd need to create a COM object to call the Windows API, and invoke that object from your script. For script running in the browser, there is no way to
Richard Deeming wrote:
However, there is a warning in that key telling you not to do that!
I thought you mistyped this until I went and looked at the key. No, you didn't. It's in there! :-D The path to Pictures is listed as "My Pictures", but like you said before, is this name localized? I have no idea.
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Richard Deeming wrote:
However, there is a warning in that key telling you not to do that!
I thought you mistyped this until I went and looked at the key. No, you didn't. It's in there! :-D The path to Pictures is listed as "My Pictures", but like you said before, is this name localized? I have no idea.
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Dave KreskowiakI don't think the names would be localized, but I don't have a non-English version of Windows to check. I've just added a link to a blog post from Raymond Chen, who explains that the "Shell Folders" key exists solely to permit four programs written in 1994 to continue running on the RTM version of Windows 95. :wtf:
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I don't think the names would be localized, but I don't have a non-English version of Windows to check. I've just added a link to a blog post from Raymond Chen, who explains that the "Shell Folders" key exists solely to permit four programs written in 1994 to continue running on the RTM version of Windows 95. :wtf:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
The names are localized. I got a folder "My Pictures", one called "Pictures" and one "Mijn Afbeeldingen". To make things worse, this does not say anything about the actual location, as my "Mijn Afbeeldingen" points to a completely different harddrive. More on Wikipedia[^].
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indeed. This is not working for us:( this is a working pc and all data folders are on a nas server. thanks for the responses anyway. maybee I can find it in the registry? but where? Jan
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The names are localized. I got a folder "My Pictures", one called "Pictures" and one "Mijn Afbeeldingen". To make things worse, this does not say anything about the actual location, as my "Mijn Afbeeldingen" points to a completely different harddrive. More on Wikipedia[^].
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)
I'd expect the names of the folders to be localized. But what about the names of the values in the "User Shell Folders" registry key?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I'd expect the names of the folders to be localized. But what about the names of the values in the "User Shell Folders" registry key?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Richard Deeming wrote:
I'd expect the names of the folders to be localized
Yup.
Richard Deeming wrote:
But what about the names of the values in the "User Shell Folders" registry key?
Yes, my apologies for not thinking. English, both on a Dutch and a German machine. Called "CommonPictures" on this machine, pointing to the correct physical path. Keys are usually not translated, because that would defeat the purpose of having one. ..so, remotely reading the registry as an admin, just to find a path? Still sounds like a bad idea :)
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I don't think the names would be localized, but I don't have a non-English version of Windows to check. I've just added a link to a blog post from Raymond Chen, who explains that the "Shell Folders" key exists solely to permit four programs written in 1994 to continue running on the RTM version of Windows 95. :wtf:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Ow! I just fell out of my chair laughing. :laugh: That's one hell of a "fix". :wtf:
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Richard Deeming wrote:
I'd expect the names of the folders to be localized
Yup.
Richard Deeming wrote:
But what about the names of the values in the "User Shell Folders" registry key?
Yes, my apologies for not thinking. English, both on a Dutch and a German machine. Called "CommonPictures" on this machine, pointing to the correct physical path. Keys are usually not translated, because that would defeat the purpose of having one. ..so, remotely reading the registry as an admin, just to find a path? Still sounds like a bad idea :)
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
nglish, both on a Dutch and a German machine. Called "CommonPictures" on this machine, pointing to the correct physical path. Keys are usually not translated, because that would defeat the purpose of having one.
Considering the "fix" that this key was created for, would it really surprise anyone if someone at MS did something that stupid?
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Ow! I just fell out of my chair laughing. :laugh: That's one hell of a "fix". :wtf:
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"Time"? What is this "time" you speak of? I'm in the middle of a 6 week stint of being a single parent while the wife travels for work. 24 hours in a day isn't enough. I have to give credit to those who do this full-time. It ain't easy.
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For VBA, you'll need to use either SHGetFolderPath[^] or the newer SHGetKnownFolderPath[^]. How To Use the SHGetFolderPath Function from Visual Basic[^]
Option Explicit
Private Const S_OK = &H0
Private Const S_FALSE = &H1
Private Const E_INVALIDARG = &H80070057Private Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Const SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0
Private Const CSIDL_MYPICTURES = &H27Private Declare Function SHGetFolderPath Lib "shfolder" _
Alias "SHGetFolderPathA" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, _
ByVal hToken As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal pszPath As String) As LongPrivate Function GetFolderPath(ByVal csidl As Long) As String
Dim path As String
Dim returnValue As Longpath = String(MAX\_PATH, 0) returnValue = SHGetFolderPath(0, csidl, 0, SHGFP\_TYPE\_CURRENT, path) Select Case returnValue Case S\_OK GetFolderPath = Left(path, InStr(1, path, Chr(0)) - 1) Case S\_FALSE ' The CSIDL in nFolder is valid, but the folder does not exist. ' Use CSIDL\_FLAG\_CREATE to have it created automatically GetFolderPath = vbNullString Case E\_INVALIDARG ' nFolder is invalid Err.Raise 5, "csidl", "Invalid folder" End SelectEnd Function
Public Function GetPicturesFolderPath() As String
GetPicturesFolderPath = GetFolderPath(CSIDL_MYPICTURES)
End FunctionFor script running locally, you could read the folder path from the registry (HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders). However, there is a warning in that key telling you not to do that! :) Since you can't call Windows functions directly from script, you'd need to create a COM object to call the Windows API, and invoke that object from your script. For script running in the browser, there is no way to
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