Browse for Folder dialog

[RVallieu]

This VI is very nice, but in order to broswe from a folder location other than NULL (root directory) you need a way to get a PIDL for a path....there is another shell function that should be in the Shell32.dll that can get the PIDL from a string, but it doesn't seem to be on my system...

I wish this stuff was better documented.

[mikeporter]

This seems to work well, the only thing needed now is someone to write a wrapper around the Shell32 call that allows us to pass in stuff like a starting path or a title string (it would go in that large blank area above the folder listing area).

Mike...

[RVallieu]

Mike,

That's exactly what I was trying to figure out last night.

[lshi]

Can anyone tell me how to make this vi a path control to subsitute the original one?

[tst]

Hide the browse control for the path control and create your own browse button.

[altenbach]

Well, there is no "original one", just the plain file dialog that can select either folders or files. Most likely, you still need the "files" functionailty in the future, so use this as an additional subVI. Place it in the user palette if you think you need it often.

[lshi]

Ok I created a new button, works fine. But now I'm wondering if there's a way to save the last selected path as the default one, so that I don't have to browse from the top every time.

[GerdW]

Hi ishi,

well, that's what was asked for in message #12

[bo200008]

Hi,

I don't know what was the ultimate solution to this thread but I am having a same problem.

I used .net 2.0 windows form but everytime it runs it just shows a dialog window with three buttons. The directory tree is not visible (or not there at all). Is it a windows problem or labview problem?

Thanks.

[bo200008]

Solved. Threading problem:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=232&thread.id=7820