Function name: SHGetPathFromIDList

Defined in : Shell32

Requirements : Windows NT 4.0 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidList As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long

Parameters:

* pidl Pointer to an item identifier list that specifies a file or directory location relative to the root of the name space (the desktop). * pszPath Pointer to a buffer that receives the file system path. The size of this buffer is assumed to be MAX_PATH bytes.

Returns:

Returns TRUE if successful or FALSE if an error occurs ¾ for example, if the location specified by the pidl parameter is not part of the file system.

Related functions: SHFileOperation, SHBrowseForFolder

Examples:

Browse For Folder