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Article #15447Re: What is the Correct way to get a special folder location?
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 03:53
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 03:53
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"Zack" <a@bv.com> wrote in message news:3efcf824@newsgroups.borland.com... > And somehow - my source can still see shlobj.h. That is because some parts of the VCL itself include ShlObj.hpp which in turn includes shlobj.h. > 1) How to I force this linker to look at ShFolder.hpp > first for this function and Not use shlobj? You don't. If you must use SHFolder.DLL, then don't static link to it at all. Load the desired function(s) dynamically at runtime via LoadLibrary() and GetProcAddress() instead. > 2) I also use ShellExecute which is in shell32.dll..... Correct. > is there a version of this function that lives in a dll that > works across all OS's from 95, 98, NT, 2K to XP ? ShellExecute() is already available in all versions of Windows, as it is a function that Windows has always used internally itself. Gambit
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