Windows explorer in app?

[Lithic]

Hi,
I've noticed that many programs, even small shareware ones, manage to have a 'Windows Explorer' like function in them, whereby the user can browse directories etc.

Can this be done in VB6? The type of explorer I have in mind is much more sophisticated that file/drive list boxes or tree view controls...

Cheers,
Lithic

[Joacim Andersson]

Of course it can be done.

The type of explorer I have in mind is much more sophisticated that file/drive list boxes or tree view controls...

In what way is it more sophisticated? What is it you want to do?

[Lithic]

Hi, thanks for the response.

Well, essentially I was wondering if there is a control that works exactly like the Windows Explorer that I can put in applications.

So, if would have the correct icons for different files, would allow the user to rename, delete etc files, and would not require code to update the view each time a new directory or drive was clicked - all things that drive and file lists boxes can't do.

[Joacim Andersson]

There are several such controls available on the Net. Some of them are free. However what you're asking for is more the right hand side of the Windows Explorer, that is pretty easy to build yourself. Doing the shell work to get the full treeview is harder though. But if you need a treeview control I know of a few that's free. One is available at http://ccrp.mvps.org

Even though I did state that building the file explorer is pretty simple it does require a lot of code. Right now I'm off to bed but I have a lot of such code available for you if you want it. So if nobody else show you any code send me a PM or just reply to this thread and I'll give you a bit more info about it tomorrow.

[RhinoBull]

I would recommend to look at this Sample by Randy Birch that demonstrates how to load Treeview with folders/subfolders.