JCL Help:OpenSpecialFolder

 JCL Help: OpenSpecialFolder Function

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Summary

Opens a special folder in Explorer.

Pascal

 function OpenSpecialFolder(FolderID: Integer; Parent: THandle = 0; Explore: Boolean = False): Boolean;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
FolderID: Integer	Special folder ID to open. One of the CSIDL_XXX constants must be specified here (see ShlObj.pas for the full list).
Parent: THandle = 0	Handle of the window to serve as the parent of any dialogs displayed.

Return Value

If the function succeeds the result is True, otherwise it is False.

Description

The OpenSpecialFolder function opens Explorer with the specified Folder as the root of the namespace (root of the lefthand treeview).

See Also

OpenFolder GetSpecialFolderLocation

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Petr Vones

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