Re: Show contents of folder

Posted by Jenny, DelphiLand Team on February 04, 2008

In Reply to Show contents of folder posted by Newb p15701 on February 04, 2008

: How can I show the contents of a folder in the Windows interface, just as if the user opened that folder in My Computer? (without showing the folder-navigating panel of Windows Explorer)
: Thanks!

To "explore" a folder showing two panes, folders navigation at the left and contents of the folder to the right, you use the following Delphi source code:

ShellExecute(Handle, 'explore', PChar(Folder_To_Show), nil, nil, SW_SHOW) 

But if you launch Windows' Explorer.exe with the path of the folder as a parameter, the left navigation pane is not shown. Also for this you use ShellExecute, but with slightly different parameters:

ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar('explorer.exe'), PChar(Folder_to_Show), nil, SW_SHOW)

For example, to open the folder D:\Music, use the following source code:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar('explorer.exe'), PChar('D:\Music'), nil, SW_SHOW);
end;

Example to open the folder whose full path was entered in an edit-box:

procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar('explorer.exe'), PChar(Edit1.Text), nil, SW_SHOW);
end;

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