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    Is there an API like GetOpenFileName (or a flag I can set using GetOpenFileName) that instead of selecting a file, selects a path?

    Thanks,
    --Josh

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    In a Module:
    Code:
    Option Explicit
    
    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
    
    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 Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
    
    Public Function BrowseForFolder(ByVal lHwnd As Long, ByVal sPrompt As String) As String
        Dim tBI As BROWSEINFO
        Dim lList As Long
        Dim lResult As Long
        Dim sPath As String
        Dim sString As String
        
        sString = Space(260)
        With tBI
            .hwndOwner = lHwnd
            .lpszTitle = lStrCat(sPrompt, Chr(0))
            .pszDisplayName = StrPtr(sString)
            .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
        End With
        lList = SHBrowseForFolder(tBI)
        sString = StrConv(sString, vbUnicode)
        If lList Then
            sPath = Space(260)
            lResult = SHGetPathFromIDList(lList, sPath)
            Call CoTaskMemFree(lList)
            sPath = Left$(sPath, InStr(sPath, Chr(0)) - 1)
        End If
        BrowseForFolder = sPath
    End Function
    Example usage:
    Code:
    Private Sub Command1_Click()
        Caption = BrowseForFolder(hWnd, "Select Directory..")
    End Sub

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    Bless you, sir.

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