Browse to folder

[heydyrtt]

Need to know how to use the TOpenDialog to browse to a folder and once the folder is selected to get the path of that to display in DBEdit field.


Thanks


Heydyrtt

 

[onrdbandit]

Well, first of all, you probably want to display it in a TEdit field as it is not a data-aware object.

The TOpenDialog component is just the standard windows open dialog that you see on almost any program. You implement it with it's Execute function. If you person selects a file w/ "Ok" then Execute returns true, else it returns false. Then you access the file path with the FileName property. This property is an AnsiString so you can directly assign it to the Text property of an Edit control.

Good luck,
onrdbandit

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

 

[imagenetics]

Try this:

http://www.bcbdev.com/faqs/faq62.htm

Is this what you want?

 

[LastCyborg]

Do u need the path?

Once the user has pressed the OK button, u can read the path using the FileName property of the OpenDialog.

DBEdit1->Text = ExtractFilePath(OpenDialog1->FileName);



--- LastCyborg ---

 

[checco]

I spend a lot of time to understand how to do a browse folder at the end I've find this:

=========START=============
#define NO_WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <WindowsX.h>

void __fastcall TFormQueuerAll::SpeedButton1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
// Use Windows 95 Directory box to get dir
BROWSEINFO bi;
char GDir[MAX_PATH];
char FolderName[MAX_PATH];
LPITEMIDLIST ItemID;
memset(&bi, 0, sizeof(BROWSEINFO));
memset(GDir, 0, MAX_PATH);
bi.hwndOwner = Handle;
bi.pszDisplayName = FolderName;
bi.lpszTitle = "Select Directory to Search In!";
ItemID = SHBrowseForFolder(&bi);
SHGetPathFromIDList(ItemID, GDir);
GlobalFreePtr(ItemID);
String Temp = String(GDir);
if (Temp == "") return;

Edit1->Text=Temp;
}
==================END===============

I hope that this could help you.

Bye,
Checco