SHCreateDirectory not found

[cilu]

Hi,

I want to use SHCreateDirectory to create a directory, line C:\D1\D2\D3, etc. but I cannot find it. The compiler gives me the undeclared indentifier (C2065) error. According to MSDN:

Minimum DLL Version

shell32.dll version 5.0 or later

Custom Implementation

No

Header

shlobj.h

Import

library shell32.lib

Minimum operating systems

Windows 2000

My shell32.dll version is 6.0.2800.1106, I am running on WinXP, with VisualC++ 6.0, SP6, and of course I include shlobj.h. But the funny thing is that there is no SHCreateDirectory in that header. I searched all the headers on my PC and there is not such method.

What is this?

[PadexArt]

I think there isn't. Try SHCreateDirectoryEx

[cilu]

I think there isn't. Try SHCreateDirectoryEx

So is the case of SHCreateDirectoryEx... What did you think?
I was hoping to avoid downloading from Microsoft after I saw yesterday "I, Robot".

[PadexArt]

So is the case of SHCreateDirectoryEx... What did you think?

True. I've just checked it and it is missing too. I've pointed it out as SHCreateDirectory doesn't even show up in MSDN Oct 2001.

[Mick]

So is the case of SHCreateDirectoryEx... What did you think?
I was hoping to avoid downloading from Microsoft after I saw yesterday "I, Robot".

Then forward declare it and use LoadLibrary(...)/GetProcAddress(...)

[cilu]

Then forward declare it and use LoadLibrary(...)/GetProcAddress(...)

Well Mick, now you're coming with something... Thanks. I will do that.

[cilu]

I did this:

typedef int (WINAPI* lpfnSHCreateDirectory)( HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR pszPath );

void Tests() 
{
	HMODULE hShell32Dll = ::LoadLibrary( _T("shell32.dll") );
	
	lpfnSHCreateDirectory lpFn = NULL;
	if( hShell32Dll )
	{
		lpFn  = (lpfnSHCreateDirectory)GetProcAddress( hShell32Dll, "SHCreateDirectory" );
		if ( lpFn )
		{
			int ret = lpFn( NULL, (LPCWSTR)"C:\\D1\\D2\\D3");
			switch(ret)
			{
			case ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME :
				TRACE("The pszPath parameter was set to a relative path.\n");
				break;
			case ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE :
				TRACE("The path pointed to by pszPath is too long. \n");
				break;
			case ERROR_FILE_EXISTS :
				TRACE("The directory exists. \n");
				break;
			case ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS :
				TRACE("The directory exists. \n");
				break;
			case ERROR_CANCELLED :
			default:
					TRACE("unknown\n");
					break;
			}
		}
	}
	
	if(	hShell32Dll != (HMODULE)INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
		FreeLibrary(hShell32Dll);
}

But it gives me ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME, saying that "The pszPath parameter was set to a relative path". I also tried with a simple "C:\\D1" and it returning the same error... And I don't figure out why...

[Mick]

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[existenceproduct]

I am getting this error when I compile my code.

I had already included the function SHGetFolderPath

sucessfully, but when I added SHCreateDirectory(NULL, p_path)

it stopped compiling. I have the following headers

#include <windows.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <malloc.h>

#include <memory.h>

#include <tchar.h>

#include "Format.h"

#include <wchar.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <shlwapi.h> // for SHGetFolderPath function

#include <shlobj.h> // for SHGetFolderPath and SHCreateDirectory function

//*************************************************************************************************************************

#pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi")

#pragma comment(lib, "shell32")

Any suggestions?

[existenceproduct]

I am getting this dmvfoam error when I compile my code.

I had already included the function SHGetFolderPath

sucessfully, but when I added SHCreateDirectory(NULL, p_path)

it stopped compiling. I have the following headers

#include <windows.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <malloc.h>

#include <memory.h>

#include <tchar.h>

#include "Format.h"

#include <wchar.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <shlwapi.h> // for SHGetFolderPath function

#include <shlobj.h> // for SHGetFolderPath and SHCreateDirectory function

//*************************************************************************************************************************

#pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi")

#pragma comment(lib, "shell32")

Any suggestions?

no solution to this

[VictorN]

no solution to this

There is nothing to solve, since we don't see the code casing the error, nor have we any info about what the error was.

[VictorN]

Please, provide the exact error message together with the error code, as well as some info about your system, like Windows OS, VS OS

[existenceproduct]

Please, provide the exact error message together with the error code, as well as some info about your system, like Windows OS, VS OS

i already share the exact code

[VictorN]

i already share the exact code

You didn't.
You only posted the #includes with #pragmas and meaningless description.
So no code, no exact error message.

[2kaud]

Well excluding "format.h", those headers compile fine for me with VS2022.

But without seeing the code that gives the compiler errors...

This test code compiles OK with the given header:

int main() {
	HWND hwnd {};
	SHCreateDirectory(hwnd, L"path");

}

Note that the 2nd param is of type PCWSTR ie a wide (unicode) string and not an ASCII one.