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How do I set a default root folder in the common dialog Select Folder using VBA?

Asked by WordSpecialisten in Microsoft Programming

Tags: Select Folder, common dialog, default folder

In a Excel sheet I have a commandbutton with the text "Select folder", where I want to select a certain root folder, and store the information of the selected subfolder for later use.
By searching the net I found the VBA code shown in the Code section (displays the common dialog Select folder), and it works fine. BUT I want to display the Select folder dialog with a specific root folder on a network, not the Desktop. I then searched again and found some information about the ILCreateFromPath function which should return some kind of structure to use with the pidlRoot property of the SHBrowseForFolder method/function. But I can't find a full VBA example anywhere, that shows me how to build the code from A to Z. And as I am not familiar with this kind of code I can't use my usual Word VBA logic. I have spent hours trying out different things, but nothing works. I am pretty sure it is very easy for someone who knows averything about common dialogs :-).

So.... can anyone take the code example shown in the Code section and re-write it for me, so that I can display a Select Folder dialog with any folder of my own choice as default root folder? For testpurposes it could be "C:\Officesolutions\MyFiles".

Thank you all very much in advance.

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             '******** public declaration ********
Public Type BROWSEINFO
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
 
'API declarations
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
 
Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long
'********* end of public declaration**********
 
'******* Code for the Select Folder command button in the Excel sheet*******
Sub Show_BrowseDirectory_Dialog()
    Dim dirInfo As BROWSEINFO
    Dim path As String
    Dim r As Long, x As Long, pos As Integer
    
    ' Set Default Root folder = Desktop - Here I want to state a specific folder!
    dirInfo.pidlRoot = 0&
    
    dirInfo.lpszTitle = "Browse directory!"
    
    ' Type of directory
    dirInfo.ulFlags = &H1
    
    ' Show the Browse Dialog
    x = SHBrowseForFolder(dirInfo)
    
    ' Parse the result
    path = Space$(512)
    r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal x, ByVal path)
    If r Then
        pos = InStr(path, Chr$(0))
        MsgBox "You have selected :=" & Left(path, pos - 1)
    Else
        MsgBox "Browse a Directory..."
        Show_BrowseDirectory_Dialog
    End If
 
End Sub

           
         

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How do I set a default root folder in the common dialog Select Folder using VBA?

Asked by WordSpecialisten in Microsoft Programming

Tags: Select Folder, common dialog, default folder

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