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Module: BrowseForFolder in Category Windows : Common Dialogs from Total Visual SourceBook

Launch the Windows Browse for Folder dialog to select an existing folder and/or create a new folder in VB6 and VBA with 32 and 64-bit Windows API calls.

For VBA, the modFileDialogVBA includes a VBA_FileDialog_GetFolder function which avoids the use of Windows API calls and is simpler to use though it has fewer features.

Procedure List

Procedure Name	Type	Description
(Declarations)	Declarations	Declarations and private variables for the modBrowseForFolder module.
BrowseForFolder	Procedure	Prompts the user for the location of an existing folder (directory) but does not support a starting folder.
BrowseForFolderWithDefault	Procedure	Prompts the user for the location of an existing directory. Uses call back routine to support the selection of an initial folder.
BrowseCallbackProc64	Procedure	Callback routine for the folder browser dialog to support the selection of an initial folder (64-bit version).
BrowseCallbackProc	Procedure	Callback routine for the folder browser dialog to support the selection of an initial folder (32-bit version).
AddrOfPointer64	Procedure	Callback routine to return the value of an AddressOf operator because it can't be assigned directly (64-bit version).
AddrOfPointer	Procedure	Callback routine to return the value of an AddressOf operator because it can't be assigned directly (32-bit version).
GetFilePath	Procedure	Get the path part of a string that represents a file. Does not work if the string is a folder.
IsFolder	Procedure	Determine if a folder exists as specified from a drive letter (e.g. C:\Folder). This procedure is identical to DirectoryExists, but provided if you prefer to use Folder rather than Directory.

Example Code for Using Module: BrowseForFolder

' Example of modBrowseForFolder
'
' To use this example, create a new module and paste this code into it.
' Then run the procedure by putting the cursor in the procedure and pressing:
'    F5 to run it, or
'    F8 to step through it line-by-line (see the Debug menu for more options)

Private Sub Example_modBrowseForFolder()
  ' Comments: Example of using the modBrowseForFolder module to launch the Windows Browse for Folder dialog to select
  '           an existing folder and/or create a new folder in VB6 and VBA with 32 and 64 bit Windows API calls.

  Dim strFolder As String

  ' Select an existing folder
  strFolder = BrowseForFolder(0, "Select an existing folder")
  MsgBox "Selected existing folder: " & strFolder

  ' Select a folder with option to create a new one
  strFolder = BrowseForFolder(0, "Select an existing folder or create a new one", True)
  MsgBox "Selected an existing or new folder: " & strFolder

  ' Select an existing folder defaulting to the previously selected folder, but not create a new one
  strFolder = BrowseForFolderWithDefault(0, "Select a folder starting with a specified folder", False, strFolder)
  MsgBox "Selected existing folder with previously selected folder as the default: " & strFolder

  ' Select an existing folder defaulting to the previously selected folder and allow creating a new one
  strFolder = BrowseForFolderWithDefault(0, "Select a folder starting with a specified folder", True, strFolder)
  MsgBox "Selected existing or new folder with previously selected folder as the default: " & strFolder

End Sub

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