SHBrowseForFolder with BIF_NEWDIA******** problem

[SkidMark75]

I'm using SHBrowseForFolder to allow the user to pick a folder and I want to use the new dialog style (BIF_NEWDIA********). When I add this flag, the status text of the dialog will not display. If I don't use this flag, it displays correctly. Is there something I need to do in addition to adding this flag?

[golanshahar]

I'm using SHBrowseForFolder to allow the user to pick a folder and I want to use the new dialog style (BIF_NEWDIA********). When I add this flag, the status text of the dialog will not display. If I don't use this flag, it displays correctly. Is there something I need to do in addition to adding this flag?

according to MSDN you need to call ::OleInitialize(..) or CoInitialize(...) if you use this flag.

To use this flag, you must call OleInitialize or CoInitialize before calling SHBrowseForFolder.

did you do it?

Cheers

[SkidMark75]

Yes, I am calling CoInitialize() prior to calling SHBrowseForFolder(). I just noticed in MSDN that the BIF_STATUSTEXT flag is not supported when BIF_NEWDIA******** is specified.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...browseinfo.asp

Does this mean that setting the status text is not supported or that the flag is just ignored? That probably sounds like a stupid question, but I'm not thinking too clearly after banging my head into the wall for the past few hours.

[SkidMark75]

I solved my problem somewhat...

I added the FindWindowEx and following SendMessage functions:

int CALLBACK BrowseCallbackProc (HWND hWnd, UINT msg,
							   LPARAM lParam, LPARAM lpData)
{
	LPCTSTR pszRootDir = (LPCTSTR)lpData;

	switch(msg)
	{
	case BFFM_INITIALIZED:
		{
			SendMessage(hWnd,BFFM_SETSELECTION,TRUE,(LPARAM)pszRootDir);
			HWND hEdit = FindWindowEx(hWnd, NULL, "Edit", NULL);
			if(hEdit)
			{
				SendMessage(hEdit, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)pszRootDir);
			}
			break;
		}
	case BFFM_SELCHANGED:
		{
			TCHAR szDir[MAX_PATH];
			if( SHGetPathFromIDList((LPITEMIDLIST)lParam, szDir))
			{
				//				SendMessage(hWnd, BFFM_SETSTATUSTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)szDir);
				HWND hEdit = FindWindowEx(hWnd, NULL, "Edit", NULL);
				if(hEdit)
				{
					SendMessage(hEdit, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)szDir);
				}
			}
			break;
		}
	}
	
	return 0;
}