VBScript Scripting Techniques > User Interaction > Browse Folder Dialog
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Option Explicit WScript.Echo BrowseFolder( "C:\Program Files", True ) WScript.Echo BrowseFolder( "My Computer", False ) WScript.Echo BrowseFolder( "", False ) Function BrowseFolder( myStartLocation, blnSimpleDialog ) ' This function generates a Browse Folder dialog ' and returns the selected folder as a string. ' ' Arguments: ' myStartLocation [string] start folder for dialog, or "My Computer", or ' empty string to open in "Desktop\My Documents" ' blnSimpleDialog [boolean] if False, an additional text field will be ' displayed where the folder can be selected ' by typing the fully qualified path ' ' Returns: [string] the fully qualified path to the selected folder ' ' Based on the Hey Scripting Guys article ' "How Can I Show Users a Dialog Box That Only Lets Them Select Folders?" ' http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/jun05/hey0617.mspx ' ' Function written by Rob van der Woude ' http://www.robvanderwoude.com Const MY_COMPUTER = &H11& Const WINDOW_HANDLE = 0 ' Must ALWAYS be 0 Dim numOptions, objFolder, objFolderItem Dim objPath, objShell, strPath, strPrompt ' Set the options for the dialog window strPrompt = "Select a folder:" If blnSimpleDialog = True Then numOptions = 0 ' Simple dialog Else numOptions = &H10& ' Additional text field to type folder path End If ' Create a Windows Shell object Set objShell = CreateObject( "Shell.Application" ) ' If specified, convert "My Computer" to a valid ' path for the Windows Shell's BrowseFolder method If UCase( myStartLocation ) = "MY COMPUTER" Then Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace( MY_COMPUTER ) Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self strPath = objFolderItem.Path Else strPath = myStartLocation End If Set objFolder = objShell.BrowseForFolder( WINDOW_HANDLE, strPrompt, _ numOptions, strPath ) ' Quit if no folder was selected If objFolder Is Nothing Then BrowseFolder = "" Exit Function End If ' Retrieve the path of the selected folder Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self objPath = objFolderItem.Path ' Return the path of the selected folder BrowseFolder = objPath End Function |
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Windows version: | any (Windows 95 and NT 4 require Internet Explorer 4) |
Network: | N/A |
Client software: | Internet Explorer 4 or later for Windows 95 and NT 4 |
Script Engine: | any |
Summarized: | Works in any Windows version, provided Internet Explorer 4 or later is installed. |
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