vb 2002 net and an "open folder" dialog RESOLVED

[Usul]

hi,

i'm trying for hours now to find out how to get a simple "choose older" dialog for vb 2002 net. i only found example for the classic vb. can someone tell me how to convert this code here to vb net ?

option Explicit

'Constantes
private Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = &H1        'Uniquement des répertoire
private Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN = &H2       'Domaine globale intredit
private Const BIF_STATUSTEXT = &H4              'Zone de saisie autorisée
private Const BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS = &H8
private Const BIF_EDITBOX = &H10                'Zone de saisie autorisée
private Const BIF_VALIDATE = &H20               'insist on valid result (or CANCEL)
private Const BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER = &H1000    'Uniquement des PCs.
private Const BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER = &H2000     'Uniquement des imprimantes
private Const BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES = &H4000   'Browsing for Everything

private Const MAX_PATH = 260

'Types
private Type T_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

'Fonctions API Windows
private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" _
                                  (lpbi as T_BROWSEINFO) as Long

private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" _
                                  (byval pidList as Long, _
                                  byval lpBuffer as string) as Long

private Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" _
                                  (byval lpString1 as string, byval _
                                  lpString2 as string) as Long

'****************************************************************************************************
'*  BrowseFolder :
'*  Entrées :   - HwndOwner     : Handle de la fenêtre appelante
'*              - Titre         : Titre
'*  Sorties :
'*              - string contenant le chemin complet ou Chaine vide (si annulation)
'*
'*  Affiche une boite de dialogue permettant la sélection d'un répertoire.
'*  Renvoie une chaine vide si l'opérateur annule.
'****************************************************************************************************
public Function BrowseFolder(byval HwndOwner as Long, byref Titre as string) as string

    Dim lpIDList as Long
    Dim sBuffer as string
    Dim BrowseInfo as T_BROWSEINFO

    'Initialise l'affichage
    BrowseFolder = ""
    With BrowseInfo
        .HwndOwner = HwndOwner
        .lpszTitle = lstrcat(Titre, "")
        .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
    End With

    'Affiche la boite de dialogue
    lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(BrowseInfo)
    
    'Récupère le répertoire sélectionné
    If (lpIDList) then
        sBuffer = Space(MAX_PATH)
        SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sBuffer
        sBuffer = Left(sBuffer, InStr(sBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
        BrowseFolder = sBuffer
    End If
End Function

or does someone have a class or function that i can use? i am only trying to make a simple programm.

thanx,

usul

[pax]

Hi.

Check this sample from MS. It's made specifically for VB.NET

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;811004

[Usul]

thank you A LOT ! ! !

didnt find this link on google. works great. did I say thanx?

[pax]

Your Welcome