Visual Studio - Open Dialog

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Open Dialog

Jayme Pechan

2004-09-17, 9:00 pm

I'm using MFC the the CFileDialog but am having trouble allowing the user to
select a directory instead of a file. Can CFileDialog do this or is there
an alternative that would work without recreating the entire dialog?
Thanks.

David Lowndes

2004-09-18, 8:56 am

>I'm using MFC the the CFileDialog but am having trouble allowing the user to
>select a directory instead of a file. Can CFileDialog do this or is there
>an alternative that would work without recreating the entire dialog?

Jayme,

Use the SHBrowseForFolder API to select a directory.

Dave
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