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Hi all, hope you're well.
With the CommonDialog control set to open the "Open" dialog, is it possible (with flags or APIs) to stop the user from navigating to(and as a result selecting) to anywhere BUT the default directory it goes to?
If this is not possible, is there any other way to display the contents of a folder (a special folder at that - the Network Neighbourhood folder (::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D})) and have an item selected?
Try passing in cdlOFNNoChangeDir as one of the Flags.
:)
From MSDN:
So that doesn't work unfortunately.Quote:
cdlOFNNoChangeDir - Forces the dialog box to set the current directory to what it was when the dialog box was opened.
Probs best if I restate the problem. I want users to be able to use the common Windows interface of Network Neighbourhood to select a Computer on the LAN. Now, I don't think CommonDialog will actually let the computer itself be selected... so... any ideas?
Why show a save box if the user can't change the directory?
I'd just ask for a file name and save it.
If you read my post, you'd see why your post is not relevant:
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Probs best if I restate the problem. I want users to be able to use the common Windows interface of Network Neighbourhood to select a Computer on the LAN. Now, I don't think CommonDialog will actually let the computer itself be selected... so... any ideas?
Create your own selection window using the DriveListBox and FileListBox controls.
And that will work with Computers in a LAN in Network Neighbourhood? How would I go about doing that?
OK, perhaps even with your second explanation I am misunderstanding your question, but the DriveListBox should show all the drives that the user has currently mapped.
I dont want to view the drives of the LAN'ed computer - i want to select the computer itself.
Just to view a list of the computers in the same way Network Neighbourhood does... with that GUI kinda.
Dim bi As BROWSEINFO
bi.ulFlags = BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER
bi.hOwner = Me.hWnd
bi.lpszTitle = "select a computer"
SHBrowseForFolder bi
do you like this?
i forget this
shbrowseforfolder is a api in "shell32.dll"