Title: How to execute the Explorers find file dialog box
uses
DDEMan;
procedure SearchInFolder(Folder: string);
begin
with TDDEClientConv.Create(Self) do
begin
ConnectMode := ddeManual;
ServiceApplication := 'Explorer.exe';
SetLink('Folders', 'AppProperties');
OpenLink;
ExecuteMacro(PChar('[FindFolder(, ' + Folder + ')]'), False);
CloseLink;
Free;
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
SearchInFolder('c:\Windows');
end;
{************************************}
// Or even easier with ShellExecute:
ShellExecute(Handle, 'find', 'C:\Windows', nil, nil, SW_SHOW);
{************************************}
uses
ShellAPI;
procedure WindowsSuchenDialog(Verzeichnis, Suchstring: string);
var
hOtherWin, hFocusWin: HWND;
OtherThreadID, iTimeOut: Integer;
aDwordVar: DWORD;
buf: array [0..40] of Char;
sVerz: string;
begin
// ShellExecute(application.handle, 'find', 'c:\', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
with TDDEClientConv.Create(nil) do
begin
ConnectMode := ddeManual;
ServiceApplication := 'explorer.exe';
SetLink('Folders', 'AppProperties');
OpenLink;
sVerz := IncludeTrailingBackslash(Verzeichnis);
ExecuteMacro(PChar('[FindFolder(, '+ sVerz +')]'), False);
CloseLink;
Free;
end;
iTimeOut := 0;
repeat
Sleep(100);
hOtherWin := GetForegroundWindow;
buf[0] := #0;
GetClassName(hOtherWin, buf, 60);
inc(iTimeOut);
until (StrComp(buf, '#32770') = 0) or (StrComp(buf, 'CabinetWClass') = 0) or (iTimeOut 20);
if iTimeOut 20 then Exit;
repeat
{ Wait until it is visible }
Sleep(100);
until IsWindowVisible(hOtherWin);
OtherThreadID := GetWindowThreadProcessID(hOtherWin, @aDwordvar);
if AttachThreadInput(GetCurrentThreadID, OtherThreadID, True) then
begin
hFocusWin := GetFocus;
if hFocusWin 0 then
try
SendMessage(hFocusWin, WM_SETTEXT, 0, Longint(PChar(Suchstring)));
finally
AttachThreadInput(GetCurrentThreadID, OtherThreadID, False);
end;
end;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
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