Register DLL

[Kelly Burgess]

Hi Bas,

>I'm trying to make SHGetKnownFolderPath to work with RegisterDLL and CallDLL.

That function has problematic parameters.

HRESULT SHGetKnownFolderPath(
  _In_      REFKNOWNFOLDERID rfid,
  _In_      DWORD dwFlags,
  _In_opt_  HANDLE hToken,
  _Out_     PWSTR *ppszPath
);

I can't find a typedef for REFKNOWNFOLDERID, and I'm not sure how you'd cook up a proper 'reference' to a folder ID.

The docs for it say "This function replaces SHGetFolderPath. That older function is now simply a wrapper forSHGetKnownFolderPath."

SHGetFolderPath has simpler parameters, and if it's a pass-through like the docs suggest, I'd suggest you could use it instead.

HRESULT SHGetFolderPath(
  _In_   HWND hwndOwner,
  _In_   int   nFolder,
  _In_   HANDLE hToken,
  _In_   DWORD dwFlags,
  _Out_  LPTSTR pszPath
);

;  get user's appData folder, Documents folder, Internet Cache folder, Desktop folder
Register DLL ('shfolder.dll','SHGetFolderPathA','JJJJJC') 
Call DLL ('shfolder.dll','SHGetFolderPathA',0,28,-1,0,appDataFolder) 
Call DLL ('shfolder.dll','SHGetFolderPathA',0,5,-1,0,documentsFolder) 
Call DLL ('shfolder.dll','SHGetFolderPathA',0,32,-1,0,internetCacheFolder) 
Call DLL ('shfolder.dll','SHGetFolderPathA',0,0,-1,0,userDesktopFolder) 

appDataFolder = C:\Users\kelly\AppData\Local
documentsFolder = C:\Users\kelly\Documents
internetCacheFolder = C:\Users\kelly\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
userDesktopFolder = C:\Users\kelly\Desktop

Here's a list of constants from shlobj.h: (I've only tried a few of them)

CSIDL_DESKTOP                   0x0000        // <desktop>
CSIDL_INTERNET                  0x0001        // Internet Explorer (icon on desktop)
CSIDL_PROGRAMS                  0x0002        // Start Menu\Programs
CSIDL_CONTROLS                  0x0003        // My Computer\Control Panel
CSIDL_PRINTERS                  0x0004        // My Computer\Printers
CSIDL_PERSONAL                  0x0005        // My Documents
CSIDL_FAVORITES                 0x0006        // <user name>\Favorites
CSIDL_STARTUP                   0x0007        // Start Menu\Programs\Startup
CSIDL_RECENT                    0x0008        // <user name>\Recent
CSIDL_SENDTO                    0x0009        // <user name>\SendTo
CSIDL_BITBUCKET                 0x000a        // <desktop>\Recycle Bin
CSIDL_STARTMENU                 0x000b        // <user name>\Start Menu
CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY          0x0010        // <user name>\Desktop
CSIDL_DRIVES                    0x0011        // My Computer
CSIDL_NETWORK                   0x0012        // Network Neighborhood
CSIDL_NETHOOD                   0x0013        // <user name>\nethood
CSIDL_FONTS                     0x0014        // windows\fonts
CSIDL_TEMPLATES                 0x0015
CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU          0x0016        // All Users\Start Menu
CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS           0X0017        // All Users\Programs
CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP            0x0018        // All Users\Startup
CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY   0x0019        // All Users\Desktop
CSIDL_APPDATA                   0x001a        // <user name>\Application Data
CSIDL_PRINTHOOD                 0x001b        // <user name>\PrintHood
CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA             0x001c        // <user name>\Local Settings\Applicaiton Data (non roaming)
CSIDL_ALTSTARTUP                0x001d        // non localized startup
CSIDL_COMMON_ALTSTARTUP         0x001e        // non localized common startup
CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES          0x001f
CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE            0x0020
CSIDL_COOKIES                   0x0021
CSIDL_HISTORY                   0x0022
CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA            0x0023        // All Users\Application Data
CSIDL_WINDOWS                   0x0024        // GetWindowsDirectory()
CSIDL_SYSTEM                    0x0025        // GetSystemDirectory()
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES             0x0026        // C:\Program Files
CSIDL_MYPICTURES                0x0027        // C:\Program Files\My Pictures
CSIDL_PROFILE                   0x0028        // USERPROFILE
CSIDL_SYSTEMX86                 0x0029        // x86 system directory on RISC
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86          0x002a        // x86 C:\Program Files on RISC
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON      0x002b        // C:\Program Files\Common
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86   0x002c        // x86 Program Files\Common on RISC
CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES          0x002d        // All Users\Templates
CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS          0x002e        // All Users\Documents
CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS         0x002f        // All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS                0x0030        // <user name>\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
CSIDL_CONNECTIONS               0x0031        // Network and Dial-up Connections

CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE               0x8000        // combine with CSIDL_ value to force folder creation in SHGetFolderPath()
CSIDL_FLAG_DONT_VERIFY          0x4000        // combine with CSIDL_ value to return an unverified folder path

Hope it helps,

Kelly