Introduction
The Folder Browse Dialog is the missing dialog in VB - it can't be called from a run-time function
and it is missing from the Common Dialog OCX as well. Whilst a number of code samples demonstrate
that calling this dialog is simple, many ignore the most important feature: the ability to
initialise a folder browse dialog to the user's previously selected folder or to some default.
This control also offers the ability to capture the Browse for Folder dialog
into your own VB form and respond to browse events such as folder change.
About The Browse For Folder Dialog
The code for this sample should be pretty clear. The implementation of the Dialog is provided in
vbalFlBr.DLL (vbAccelerator Folder Browse Library), which exposes two classes and one interface to
implement:
- cBrowseForFolder
This exposes the standard Browse for folder dialog. Use this interface on its own to provide
a standard folder picker.
- cCaptureBF
This interface provides the implementation to show an instance of the Browse for Folder dialog
object of class cBrowseForFolder within a form which implements the ICaptureBF interface.
- ICaptureBF
The interface a form should implement if it wishes to show a captured folder.
Documentation
Documentation for the vbAccelerator Browse For Folder component's properties, methods and classes
is available as an RTF. This documentation was
created with the ActiveX Documenter .
Click here to download/view the vbAccelerator Browse For Folder component documentation
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