How to open a windows folder ?

["Robert Puts" @gmx.org>]

I need to open a windows folder (not the windows open dialog, but the actual
folder) from within delphi, something like

cFld:="C:\Windows\System32";
OpenFolder(cFld);

where do I find this ?
Thanks !

[Maarten Wiltink]

Post by "Robert Puts" @gmx.org>
I need to open a windows folder (not the windows open dialog, but
the actual folder) from within delphi, something like
cFld:="C:\Windows\System32";
OpenFolder(cFld);

Define "open".

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink

[Tom de Neef]

Post by "Robert Puts" @gmx.org>
I need to open a windows folder (not the windows open dialog, but the actual
folder) from within delphi, something like
cFld:="C:\Windows\System32";
OpenFolder(cFld);
where do I find this ?
Thanks !

I guess you want to open it in order to access files in it for display,
reading, deletion, etc. If you can inform us about the purpose of opening
the folder, we may be able to give you hints.
Tom

[Nicholas Sherlock]

Post by "Robert Puts" @gmx.org>
I need to open a windows folder (not the windows open dialog, but the actual
folder) from within delphi, something like
cFld:="C:\Windows\System32";
OpenFolder(cFld);

Easy, use shellexecute!


uses shellapi;
begin
shellexecute(handle,'open','C:\windows\system32',nil,nil,sw_shownormal);
end;

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

[Jens Björnhager]

Post by Nicholas Sherlock
uses shellapi;
begin
shellexecute(handle,'open','C:\windows\system32',nil,nil,sw_shownormal);
end;

And you could extract the location of the windows folder from the
environment variable SystemRoot;

function GetEnvironmentString(s:string):string;
begin
SetLength(Result,8192);
SetLength(Result,Windows.GetEnvironmentVariable(PChar(s),PChar(Result),8192));
end;

sysroot:=GetEnvironmentString('systemroot');
shellexecute(handle,'open',sysroot,nil,nil,sw_shownormal);

[g***@interdesigner.com]

How can I open Windows Explorer, and automatically select a file? I see
several software in Delphi can do this, but couldn't found any
documentation about.

Example: I want to open in Windows Explorer the file c:\tmp\file.txt

The function to open the "c:\tmp" folder is posted here, but how can I
do the opened Windows Explorer to "point"/select the "file.txt" file?
Is there a code example?

Thanks in advance

Daniel

Post by Nicholas Sherlock

Post by "Robert Puts" @gmx.org>
I need to open a windows folder (not the windows open dialog, but the actual
folder) from within delphi, something like
cFld:="C:\Windows\System32";
OpenFolder(cFld);

Easy, use shellexecute!
uses shellapi;
begin
shellexecute(handle,'open','C:\windows\system32',nil,nil,sw_shownormal);
end;
Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

[KLite]

How can I open Windows Explorer, and automatically select a file? I see

several software in Delphi can do this, but couldn't found any
documentation about.


Example: I want to open in Windows Explorer the file c:\tmp\file.txt


The function to open the "c:\tmp" folder is posted here, but how can I
do the opened Windows Explorer to "point"/select the "file.txt" file?
Is there a code example?


Thanks in advance


Daniel