SHBrowseForFolder() API pb

super_ttd

i use the SHBrowseForFolder() API to prompt the user to select a folder. but i can't open the dialog in a particuliar folder. how to do that please ?

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James R Twine

The pidlRoot parameter of the BROWSEINFO structure is used for that. Do a search for that member and you will find ways to manage the ITEMIDLIST required for the structure. Peace!

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super_ttd

yes, i know that james, sorry for not having pointed out my tries. actually, i called CoInitialise(NULL) first, and i tried to use SHParseDisplayName() to create a PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE to give to the pidlRoot attribute of the structure, in vain

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David Crow

super_ttd wrote:

but i can't open the dialog in a particuliar folder. how to do that please ?

Have you supplied a callback function? That is where you establish the default folder.

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super_ttd

DavidCrow wrote:

Have you supplied a callback function?

hu, no ! i thought callbacks were only to extend the dialog style/events management... Sir, can i ask you please to show me how you write such a function ? thank you very much for your answer

David Crow

super_ttd wrote:

hu, no ! i thought callbacks were only to extend the dialog style/events management...

You can use it for whatever you need.

super_ttd wrote:

Sir, can i ask you please to show me how you write such a function ?

I could, but Googling for examples would prove a much more useful exercise.

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super_ttd

ok, thanks anyway