VB Code:
'in a module
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 BFFM_INITIALIZED = 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 MoveWindow Lib "User32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal bRepaint As Long) 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
Dim iNull As Integer
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim lResult As Long
Dim sPath As String
Dim udtBI As BrowseInfo
With udtBI
.hWndOwner = hWndOwner
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(sPrompt, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
.lpfnCallback = PassBackAddress(AddressOf BrowseCallBackProc)
End With
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(udtBI)
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
End If
BrowseForFolder = sPath
End Function
Public Function BrowseCallBackProc(ByVal BrowseHWnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lpData As Long) As Long
Dim lReturn As Long
If uMsg = BFFM_INITIALIZED Then
lReturn = MoveWindow(BrowseHWnd, 50, 50, 425, 400, 1)
End If
BrowseCallBackProc = 0
End Function
Public Function PassBackAddress(ByVal lPointer As Long) As Long
PassBackAddress = lPointer
End Function
'on a form
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim sMyFolder As String
sMyFolder = BrowseForFolder(Form1.hWnd, "Select A Folder And Click OK")
Text1.Text = sMyFolder
End Sub