[DUG] File/Dir Open at "My Computer"

[Pawel Rewak]

Have a look at the JEDI VCL - TJvDriveCombo (in the Jv Lists, Combos,
Trees tab) does this much better and looks good too.


On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:36 PM, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Well it is what I was looking for but I probably won’t use it as it is
> incredibly ugly – as in it has Windows 3.1 look.   Is this really the most
> modern version of selecting a drive I can use on Windows 7?
>
> John
> From: Rohit Gupta
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:37 PM
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] File/Dir Open at "My Computer"
>
> John,
>
> the TDriveCombobox should do the trick.
>
>
>
> On 20/05/2011 1:35 a.m., John Bird wrote:
>
> I want to bring up a dialog to select a drive (Will be usually a removable
> USB drive).   Can I do this with any of the standard Delphi TOpenDialog or
> SelectDirectory etc?
>
> Ideally I want to bring up a dialog starting at My Computer...(D2007)
>
> [Aside - I know how to show My Computer by starting Windows Explorer:
>
> To start with my computer:
>
> explorer.exe /n,/e,/select, c:\
>
> To start with desktop:
>
> %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
>
> – it can show the drive but doesn’t return the drive letter to Delphi as it
> comes up as a separate process of course]
>
> John
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