Directory selection box

[Nite]

Is there a way to show the dialog box that Windows presents you with when you have to select a directory rather than just a file?

[peet]

Option Explicit
 
Public Type BrowseInfo
     hwndOwner As Long
     pIDLRoot As Long
     pszDisplayName As Long
     lpszTitle As Long
     ulFlags As Long
     lpfnCallback As Long
     lParam As Long
     iImage As Long
End Type
Public Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
 
Public Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" (ByVal hMem As Long)
Public Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As String) As Long
Public Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" (lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Public Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidList As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
 
Public Function BrowseForFolder(hwndOwner As Long, sPrompt As String) As String
     
    'declare variables to be used
     Dim iNull As Integer
     Dim lpIDList As Long
     Dim lResult As Long
     Dim sPath As String
     Dim udtBI As BrowseInfo
 
    'initialise variables
     With udtBI
        .hwndOwner = hwndOwner
        .lpszTitle = lstrcat(sPrompt, "")
        .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
     End With
 
    'Call the browse for folder API
     lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(udtBI)
     
    'get the resulting string path
     If lpIDList Then
        sPath = String$(MAX_PATH, 0)
        lResult = SHGetPathFromIDList(lpIDList, sPath)
        Call CoTaskMemFree(lpIDList)
        iNull = InStr(sPath, vbNullChar)
        If iNull Then sPath = Left$(sPath, iNull - 1)
     End If
 
    'If cancel was pressed, sPath = ""
     BrowseForFolder = sPath
 
End Function
 
 
 
'usage : 
Private Sub Form_Click()
    MsgBox BrowseForFolder(Me.hWnd, "select folder")
End Sub