Get location of My Documents

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4 total messages Started by Randy Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:10

#2883

Author: Randy
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:10

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Whats the accepted way to get the location of the current user's My 
Documents folder? I'm trying to use:

#include <shlobj.h>

   LPITEMIDLIST pidl;
   if( SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(Handle,CSIDL_PERSONAL,&pidl) == NOERROR)
   {
       char buf[MAX_PATH];

       SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl,buf);
       String sFolderString = buf;
}

but I'm getting compiler errors from shobjidl.h for duplicate symbols 
under BCB6. Should I be using a different header?

Re: Get location of My Documents

#2884

Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 23:07

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"Randy" <banjolicious@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:4588631d$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

> I'm getting compiler errors from shobjidl.h for duplicate symbols
> under BCB6. Should I be using a different header?

No.  You need to add NO_WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN to the Conditionals list in the
Project Options.


Gambit

Re: Get location of My Documents

#2790

Author: banjolicious
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:27

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> > I'm getting compiler errors from shobjidl.h for duplicate symbols
> > under BCB6. Should I be using a different header?
>
> No.  You need to add NO_WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN to the Conditionals list in the
> Project Options.

Excellent....thanks!

That one's not in the help file that I can find. What else will it
effect?

Re: Get location of My Documents

#2791

Author: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:44

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<banjolicious@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> That one's not in the help file that I can find.

You won't find it documented anywhere.

> What else will it effect?

Whether WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN is defined or not controls which API headers are
included into the project by default.

Whether NO_WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN is defined or not controls whether
WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN is defined.

If you want more details about what is actually happening, look for those
defines in the VCL header files.


Gambit

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