CDlgEx bugs in Vista

[will_456]

I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save, Print)
and those less commonly called (e.g., the system's Find All Files Dialog).
Trouble is the Find folder dialog no longer functions under Windows Vista.
You get a window full of foreign characters.
Is there a better version or update that works with Vista?

[Dean Earley]

will_456 wrote:

I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save, Print)
and those less commonly called (e.g., the system's Find All Files Dialog).
Trouble is the Find folder dialog no longer functions under Windows Vista.
You get a window full of foreign characters.
Is there a better version or update that works with Vista?

Can you try padding the DialogPrompt property to 255 characters with
null characters?

Prompt = Prompt & String(255 - Len(Prompt), vbNullChar)

I have seen this dialog "break" on all versions of windows when the
prompt is shorter than that.

--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

[will_456]

"Dean Earley" <de*********@icode.co.ukwrote in message
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will_456 wrote:

>I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save,
Print) and those less commonly called (e.g., the system's Find All Files
Dialog).
Trouble is the Find folder dialog no longer functions under Windows
Vista. You get a window full of foreign characters.
Is there a better version or update that works with Vista?

Can you try padding the DialogPrompt property to 255 characters with null
characters?

Prompt = Prompt & String(255 - Len(Prompt), vbNullChar)

I have seen this dialog "break" on all versions of windows when the prompt
is shorter than that.

--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

I tried this but it still comes up with a scramble.
Could someone please copy the code from this page into a blank project and
run it. I can't get it to work with Windows Vist at all.

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

[Randy Birch]

That demo works perfectly on Vista. the Find Files button opens a window
that says "to begin, type in the search box".

--
Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
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"Dean Earley" <de*********@icode.co.ukwrote in message
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will_456 wrote:

>I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save,
Print) and those less commonly called (e.g., the system's Find All Files
Dialog).
Trouble is the Find folder dialog no longer functions under Windows
Vista. You get a window full of foreign characters.
Is there a better version or update that works with Vista?

Can you try padding the DialogPrompt property to 255 characters with null
characters?

Prompt = Prompt & String(255 - Len(Prompt), vbNullChar)

I have seen this dialog "break" on all versions of windows when the prompt
is shorter than that.

--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

I tried this but it still comes up with a scramble.
Could someone please copy the code from this page into a blank project and
run it. I can't get it to work with Windows Vist at all.

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

[will_456]

Sorry it's the Browse for folder dialog not Find Files ie. Public Function
ShowFolder
"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.orgwrote in message
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That demo works perfectly on Vista. the Find Files button opens a window
that says "to begin, type in the search box".

--
Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.comwrote in message
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"Dean Earley" <de*********@icode.co.ukwrote in message
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>will_456 wrote:

>>I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save,
Print) and those less commonly called (e.g., the system's Find All Files
Dialog).
Trouble is the Find folder dialog no longer functions under Windows
Vista. You get a window full of foreign characters.
Is there a better version or update that works with Vista?

Can you try padding the DialogPrompt property to 255 characters with null
characters?

Prompt = Prompt & String(255 - Len(Prompt), vbNullChar)

I have seen this dialog "break" on all versions of windows when the
prompt
is shorter than that.

--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

I tried this but it still comes up with a scramble.
Could someone please copy the code from this page into a blank project and
run it. I can't get it to work with Windows Vist at all.

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

[Randy Birch]

The demo has poor implementation of the common control APIs.

For the browse code, delete the line in ShowFolders:

bi.pidlRoot = SHSimpleIDListFromPath(mInitDir)

.... and try now. And BTW, the enum constant for Folder_INCLUDEFILES should
be &H4000, not &H4001. And the .uiflags Or test in ShowFolders should also
be tweaked to read &H4000 rather than &4001.

Since the demo has problems (the browse and other calls on that demo that
fail on vista) you should review
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/browse/browseadv.htm to see how to properly
implement code to restrict the scope of the browse dialog.

--
Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.comwrote in message
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Sorry it's the Browse for folder dialog not Find Files ie. Public Function
ShowFolder
"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.orgwrote in message
news:45**********************@news.astraweb.com...

That demo works perfectly on Vista. the Find Files button opens a window
that says "to begin, type in the search box".

--
Randy Birch
MS MVP, Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
"will_456" <wi;ll****@bigpond.comwrote in message
news:Qf*****************@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

"Dean Earley" <de*********@icode.co.ukwrote in message
news:45***********************@news.zen.co.uk...

>will_456 wrote:

>>I have been using the CDlgEx class in my programs for many years.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631

This includes functions for displaying most available Windows dialogs,
including those commonly called from VB (e.g., File Open, File Save,
Print) and those less commonly called (e.g., the system's Find All Files
Dialog).
Trouble is the Find folder dialog no longer functions under Windows
Vista. You get a window full of foreign characters.
Is there a better version or update that works with Vista?

Can you try padding the DialogPrompt property to 255 characters with null
characters?

Prompt = Prompt & String(255 - Len(Prompt), vbNullChar)

I have seen this dialog "break" on all versions of windows when the
prompt
is shorter than that.

--
Dean Earley (de*********@icode.co.uk)
i-Catcher Development Team

iCode Systems

I tried this but it still comes up with a scramble.
Could someone please copy the code from this page into a blank project and
run it. I can't get it to work with Windows Vist at all.

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=631