No way to determine default-dir for BrowseBox???

[MBaas]

It's hard to believe there should be no way to select a default-dir for the BrowseBox (10.1), but either I've missed it or it really isn't there (or maybe it's not as obvious as I expected it to be).
Any ideas anyone? ;)

[hotair]

StartIn perhaps?

[MBaas]

No, StartIn selects the root of the browseable tree, so using that, I would limit the user to the default-selection...

[Vince|Dyalog]

Hi Michael,

I've moved your topic into the Windows: GUI... forum as I felt this place was more appropriate.

I'm afraid that, as HotAir mentioned, Startin is the only property the BrowseBox has which you can set and which are related to directories. As you have seen, it sets which directory to start in, and sets which directory to be the root of the treeview.

You may need to find another control via COM or .Net, or create your own GUI.

Regards,

Vince

[MBaas]

Thanks Vince - maybe that "little" option could be considered for V13... ;)

Or maybe there is a WM_something to set that?

[Vince|Dyalog]

Hi Michael,

Therein lies the problem. To implement the BrowseBox, we use the Win32 ShBrowseForFolder which takes a BROWSEINFO structure. We use the Startin property to set pidlRoot in the BROWSEINFO structure.

There is not any way to have the root node be one folder, while setting another folder to be the default selection.

[MBaas]

Hi Vince,

are you sure? It seems there is a way to do this - at least according to this post...

Thanks

Michael

[Vince|Dyalog]

Hi Michael,

Ah, sorry, I missed looking at the BrowseCallbackProc documentation.

Thanks for that link, I've tried it out and it works.

I've logged this as RFE 006051.

Regards,

Vince

[MBaas]

Thanks, that's good news.
I just hope to see that implemented before Version 36 ;)

Thanks

Michael