Createdirectiory

I found this one in the api veiwer tool.
It requirs :
1.pathname-easy
2.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
what do i write in the second one?
Public Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
nLength As Long
lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
bInheritHandle As Long
End Type

AS I put in your thread in General VB

Why not use MkDir

anyway answering ur question:

VB Code:

Private Declare Function CreateDirectory Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "CreateDirectoryA" (ByVal lpPathName As String, lpSecurityAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) As Long
Private Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
        nLength As Long
        lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
        bInheritHandle As Long
End Type
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim secAttr As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES  ' security attributes structure
Dim retval As Long  ' return value
secAttr.nLength = Len(secAttr)  ' size of the structure
secAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = 0  ' default (normal) level of security
secAttr.bInheritHandle = 1  ' this is the default setting
 
' Create the directory.
retval = CreateDirectory("C:\NewDir", secAttr)
End Sub

da_silvy, since we're not really using SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure, you can shorten you code to this:

VB Code:

Private Declare Function CreateDirectory Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "CreateDirectoryA" (ByVal lpPathName As String, lpSecurityAttributes As Any) As Long
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    CreateDirectory "C:\NewDir", 0
End Sub

Cool,

Where can i find out more about the API and it's functions?

Look on http://www.allapi.net/ or http://www.vbapi.com/ref/funca.html

And MSDN is the best, but it's not aimed at VB.

I know those sites,

That's where i got the ^^^ above example.

I wanted sites which cut to the chase

etc.

MSDN is good, if you can work out how to put C++ in VB :rolleyes: