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    Dialog boxes

    Does anyone know how if there is a dialog box that will let me choose a folder instead of a file? For example, the common dialog box (Open) lets me choose a file. I need to choose a folder. Anyone know?

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    yes:

    Code:
    Private 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
    Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
    Const MAX_PATH = 260
    Private Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" (ByVal hMem As Long)
    Private Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As String) As Long
    Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" (lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
    Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidList As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
    Private Sub Form_Load()
        'KPD-Team 1998
        'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
        '[email protected]
        Dim iNull As Integer, lpIDList As Long, lResult As Long
        Dim sPath As String, udtBI As BrowseInfo
    
        With udtBI
            'Set the owner window
            .hWndOwner = Me.hWnd
            'lstrcat appends the two strings And returns the memory address
            .lpszTitle = lstrcat("C:\", "")
            'Return only If the user selected a directory
            .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
        End With
    
        'Show the 'Browse For folder' dialog
        lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(udtBI)
        If lpIDList Then
            sPath = String$(MAX_PATH, 0)
            'Get the path from the IDList
            SHGetPathFromIDList lpIDList, sPath
            'free the block of memory
            CoTaskMemFree lpIDList
            iNull = InStr(sPath, vbNullChar)
            If iNull Then
                sPath = Left$(sPath, iNull - 1)
            End If
        End If
    
        MsgBox sPath
    End Sub
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