'This module contains all the declarations to use the
'Windows 95 Shell API to use the browse for folders
'dialog box. To use the browse for folders dialog box,
'please call the BrowseForFolders function using the
'syntax: stringFolderPath=BrowseForFolders(Hwnd,TitleOfDialog)
'
'For contacting information, see other module
 
Option Explicit
 
Public Type BrowseInfo
     hwndOwner As Long
     pIDLRoot As Long
     pszDisplayName As Long
     lpszTitle As Long
     ulFlags As Long
     lpfnCallback As Long
     lParam As Long
     iImage As Long
End Type
 
Public Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
 
Public Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" (ByVal hMem As Long)
Public Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As String) As Long
Public Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" (lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Public Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidList As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
 
Public Function BrowseForFolder(hwndOwner As Long, sPrompt As String) As String
 
    'declare variables to be used
     Dim iNull As Integer
     Dim lpIDList As Long
     Dim lResult As Long
     Dim sPath As String
     Dim udtBI As BrowseInfo
 
    'initialise variables
     With udtBI
        .hwndOwner = hwndOwner
        .lpszTitle = lstrcat(sPrompt, "")
        .ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
     End With
 
    'Call the browse for folder API
     lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(udtBI)
 
    'get the resulting string path
     If lpIDList Then
        sPath = String$(MAX_PATH, 0)
        lResult = SHGetPathFromIDList(lpIDList, sPath)
        Call CoTaskMemFree(lpIDList)
        iNull = InStr(sPath, vbNullChar)
        If iNull Then sPath = Left$(sPath, iNull - 1)
     End If
 
    'If cancel was pressed, sPath = ""
     BrowseForFolder = sPath
 
End Function
 
 
Form Code 
 
Private Sub cmdServerBrowse_Click()
 txtDatabasePath.Text = BrowseForFolder(hwnd, "Please select a Server folder.")
End Sub