Interaction between user and Macro

[Guest]

I know this must be simple but
I want to allow the user in my VBA macro
to select the directory the files are stored in that the Macro will work on. My user is very naive and needs a GUI to find the toilet and can't deal with " put the files in x directory then press ctrl e " sheesh

anyway help would be appreciated ( or a contract killer !! )
thanks

Dianchecht

 

[NateO]

Try the following:

Option Explicit
Public Type BROWSEINFO
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long

Function GetDirectory(Optional Msg) As String
Dim bInfo As BROWSEINFO
Dim path As String
Dim r As Long, x As Long, pos As Integer
bInfo.pidlRoot = 0&
If IsMissing(Msg) Then
bInfo.lpszTitle = "Select a folder."
Else
bInfo.lpszTitle = Msg
End If
bInfo.ulFlags = &H1
x = SHBrowseForFolder(bInfo)
path = Space$(512)
r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal x, ByVal path)
If r Then
pos = InStr(path, Chr$(0))
GetDirectory = Left(path, pos - 1)
Worksheets(1).range("c22").Value = GetDirectory
Else
GetDirectory = ""
End If
End Function

private Sub browser()
application.Run ("GetDirectory")
End Sub


I use the preceeding to help with this. I tend to shoot the result to cell as you can see "Worksheets(1).range("c22").Value = GetDirectory", more so that the user can see the value and edit, but you could use a variable.

HTH. Cheers, Nate