This code lets you display a Browse for Folder dialog in VBA.
Also, this code has a few minor limitations:
- You can not go below the InitDir level of the folder selection dialoge than the one specified.
- If you use this as is, you can not go below the desktop in other words.
I updated this to include all constants known to me.
Otherwise if someone has a list of the dhcCSI constants, I'd be more than happy to post that as an amendment here. A sub for calling the function is shown at the very end of this. Paste all of the code below into a module.
'this will allow you to browse for folder starting at your desktop.
Public Type BROWSEINFO
hwndOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
pszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260
Const dhcErrorExtendedError = 1208&
Const dhcNoError = 0&
'specify root dir for browse for folder by constants
'you can also specify values by constants for searhcable folders and options.
const dhcCSIdlDesktop = &H0
const dhcCSIdlPrograms = &H2
const dhcCSIdlControlPanel = &H3
const dhcCSIdlInstalledPrinters = &H4
const dhcCSIdlPersonal = &H5
const dhcCSIdlFavorites = &H6
const dhcCSIdlStartupPmGroup = &H7
const dhcCSIdlRecentDocDir = &H8
const dhcCSIdlSendToItemsDir = &H9
const dhcCSIdlRecycleBin = &HA
const dhcCSIdlStartMenu = &HB
const dhcCSIdlDesktopDirectory = &H10
const dhcCSIdlMyComputer = &H11
const dhcCSIdlNetworkNeighborhood = &H12
const dhcCSIdlNetHoodFileSystemDir = &H13
const dhcCSIdlFonts = &H14
const dhcCSIdlTemplates = &H15
'constants for limiting choices for BrowseForFolder Dialog
const dhcBifReturnAll = &H0
const dhcBifReturnOnlyFileSystemDirs = &H1
const dhcBifDontGoBelowDomain = &H2
const dhcBifIncludeStatusText = &H4
const dhcBifSystemAncestors = &H8
const dhcBifBrowseForComputer = &H1000
const dhcBifBrowseForPrinter = &H2000
'... you can get a lot more of these values from your integrated API viewer for constant specifcation or go to AllPai.net and see their samples.
Public Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" (ByRef lpbi As BROWSEINFO) As Long
'corrected
Public Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation Lib "shell32.dll" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal nFolder As Long, ByRef pidl As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidList As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Public Function BrowseForFolder(ByVal lngCSIDL As Long, _
ByVal lngBiFlags As Long, _
strFolder As String, _
Optional ByVal hWnd As Long = 0, _
Optional pszTitle As String = "Select Folder") As Long
Dim usrBrws As BROWSEINFO
Dim lngReturn As Long
Dim lngIDL As Long
If SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(hWnd, lngCSIDL, lngIDL) = 0 Then
'set up the browse structure here
With usrBrws
.hwndOwner = hWnd
.pidlRoot = lngIDL
.pszDisplayName = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
.pszTitle = pszTitle
.ulFlags = lngBiFlags
End With
'open the dialog
lngIDL = SHBrowseForFolder(usrBrws)
'if successful
If lngIDL Then strFolder = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
'resolve the long value form the lngIDL to a real path
If SHGetPathFromIDList(lngIDL, strFolder) Then
strFolder = Left(strFolder, InStr(1, strFolder, vbNullChar))
lngReturn = dhcNoError 'to show there is no error.
Else
'nothing real is available.
'return a virtual selection
strFolder = Left(usrBrws.pszDisplayName, InStr(1, usrBrws.pszDisplayName, vbNullChar))
lngReturn = dhcNoError 'to show there is no error.
End If
Else
lngReturn = dhcErrorExtendedError 'something went wrong
End If
BrowseForFolder = lngReturn
End Function
Sub GetBrowse()
Dim strPath As String
'now fill the strPath with the choice by user
Call BrowseForFolder(dhcCSIdlDesktop, dhcBifReturnOnlyFileSystemDirs, _
strPath, pszTitle:="Select a folder:")
End Sub
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