Re: AccessVialoation on SHGetSpecialFolderLocation

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From: Jonathan Benedicto
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:34

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"George Francis" <george_f@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hello, I am trying to use the following code to read the user's Send To 
> directory:
>
>   char cBuf[MAX_PATH];
>   LPITEMIDLIST pidl;
>   SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_SENDTO, &pidl);
>   SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, cBuf);
>
> It compiles OK, but I get an access violation Exception on the call to 
> SHGetSpecialFolderLocation.
> Can anyone suggest why?

No, but maybe you might want to use this code instead:

AnsiString __fastcall GetSpecialPath(int Folder)
{
    char Path[MAX_PATH + 1] = { 0 };
    if( ::SHGetSpecialFolderPath( NULL, Path, Folder, 0 ) )
        return AnsiString( Path );
    return "";
}

GetSpecialPath( CSIDL_SENDTO );

Jonathan

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