BROWSEINFO info

Contains parameters for the the SHBrowseForFolder function and receives information about the folder selected by the user.

typedef struct _browseinfo { 

    HWND hwndOwner;          // see below 

    LPCITEMIDLIST pidlRoot;  // see below 

    LPSTR pszDisplayName;    // see below 

    LPCSTR lpszTitle;        // see below 

    UINT ulFlags;            // see below 

    BFFCALLBACK lpfn;        // see below 

    LPARAM lParam;           // see below 

    int iImage;              // see below 

} BROWSEINFO, *PBROWSEINFO, *LPBROWSEINFO; 

 

Members

hwndOwner

Handle of the owner window for the dialog box.

pidlRoot

Pointer to an item identifier list (an ITEMIDLIST structure) specifying the location of the “root” folder to browse from. Only the specified folder and its subfolders appear in the dialog box. This member can be NULL, and in that case, the name space root (the desktop folder) is used.

pszDisplayName

Pointer to a buffer that receives the display name of the folder selected by the user. The size of this buffer is assumed to be MAX_PATH bytes.

lpszTitle

Pointer to a null-terminated string that is displayed above the tree view control in the dialog box. This string can be used to specify instructions to the user.

ulFlags

Value specifying the types of folders to be listed in the dialog box as well as other options. This member can include zero or more of the following values:

BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER	Only returns computers. If the user selects anything other than a computer, the OK button is grayed.
BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER	Only returns printers. If the user selects anything other than a printer, the OK button is grayed.
BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN	Does not include network folders below the domain level in the tree view control.
BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS	Only returns file system ancestors. If the user selects anything other than a file system ancestor, the OK button is grayed.
BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS	Only returns file system directories. If the user selects folders that are not part of the file system, the OK button is grayed.
BIF_STATUSTEXT	Includes a status area in the dialog box. The callback function can set the status text by sending messages to the dialog box.

lpfn

Address an application-defined function that the dialog box calls when events occur. For more information, see the description of the BrowseCallbackProc function. This member can be NULL.

lParam

Application-defined value that the dialog box passes to the callback function (if one is specified).

iImage

Variable that receives the image associated with the selected folder. The image is specified as an index to the system image list.

See Also

BrowseCallbackProc, ITEMIDLIST, SHBrowseForFolder