WITH Common Dialog

I want to pick a folder
with command dialog.
Not a FILE. How do you
do that?

Code:

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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



Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim strResFolder As String
strResFolder = BrowseForFolder(hWnd, "Please select a folder.")
If strResFolder = "" Then
Call MsgBox("The Cancel button was pressed.", vbExclamation)
Else
Call MsgBox("The folder " & strResFolder & " was selected.", vbExclamation)
End If
End Sub

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You can't, but you can use this piece of code:

Code:

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Option Explicit

Private Const MAX_PATH = 260

Public Enum browseInfoFlags
  BIF_NONE = 0 ' No Flags
  BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = &H1&      ' For finding a folder to start document searching
  BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN = &H2&    ' For starting the Find Computer
  BIF_STATUSTEXT = &H4&
  BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS = &H8&
  BIF_EDITBOX = &H10&
  BIF_VALIDATE = &H20&              ' insist on valid result (or CANCEL)

  BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER = &H1000&  ' Browsing for Computers.
  BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER = &H2000&  ' Browsing for Printers
  BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES = &H4000& ' Browsing for Everything
End Enum

Private Type BROWSEINFO
  hWndOwner As Long
  pidlRoot As Long
  pszDisplayName As String
  lpszTitle As String
  ulFlags As browseInfoFlags
  lpfn As Long
  lParam As Long
  iImage As Long
End Type

' for SHGetPathFromIDList, pszString must be at least MAX_PATH (260) chars

Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpbi As BROWSEINFO) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Private Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32" (ByVal ptr As Long)

' BrowseForFolder() returns a path if the user picks a good one, or "" if they don't.
Public Function BrowseForFolder(ByVal hWndOwner As Long, Optional ByVal dlgTitle$ = "Please select a folder.", Optional ByVal flags As browseInfoFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS) As String
    Dim bif As BROWSEINFO, pidl As Long, buf$
 
    With bif
        .hWndOwner = hWndOwner
        .pidlRoot = 0          ' desktawp
        .pszDisplayName = Space$(MAX_PATH)
        .lpszTitle = dlgTitle$
        .ulFlags = flags
        .lpfn = 0&
        .lParam = 0&
        .iImage = 0&
    End With
    pidl = SHBrowseForFolder(bif)
    If (pidl = 0) Then Exit Function
    buf$ = Space$(MAX_PATH)
    If (SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, buf$) = 0) Then
        buf$ = ""
    Else
        buf$ = Left$(buf$, InStr(1, buf$, vbNullChar) - 1)
    End If
    CoTaskMemFree pidl
    BrowseForFolder = buf$
End Function

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Matthew you are awsome! :)
Thanks Alot!