CommonDialog control - stop user navigating? [RESOLVED]

[Xenonic_Rob]

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?

[crptcblade]

Try passing in cdlOFNNoChangeDir as one of the Flags.

[Xenonic_Rob]

From MSDN:

cdlOFNNoChangeDir - Forces the dialog box to set the current directory to what it was when the dialog box was opened.

So that doesn't work unfortunately.

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?

[Shawn N]

Why show a save box if the user can't change the directory?

I'd just ask for a file name and save it.

[Xenonic_Rob]

If you read my post, you'd see why your post is not relevant:

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?

[MartinLiss]

Create your own selection window using the DriveListBox and FileListBox controls.

[Xenonic_Rob]

And that will work with Computers in a LAN in Network Neighbourhood? How would I go about doing that?

[MartinLiss]

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.

[Xenonic_Rob]

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.

[woodwell]

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"