In addition to the good suggestions already made, if you want to get really fancy:
This script uses BuddyAPI, but check out the available arguments and adapt it to your taste. Here some info from my code lib: ------------------------------------------------------------- on openFolder theDir, theArgs -- /n = new window -- /e = explorer mode (split) aSep = "" if (theArgs.char[theArgs.length] <> ",") then aSep = "," theString = "EXPLORER.EXE" && theArgs & aSep && theDir baRunProgram(theString, "normal", false ) end --Example Call: -- --theDir = "C:\Documents and Settings\Bertil Flink\Desktop\BBC\" --theArgs = "/n,/e," --openFolder theDir, theArgs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --Below, is an explanation of Explorer's command-line syntax originally written by Greg Wolking [ZDNet]. Some examples contain spaces in order to format properly on this page, so you may need to remove them if you copy and paste. -- --EXPLORER [/E, | /N,]pathspec[,/ROOT,rootspec] [,/SELECT,filespec] -- --Note that _only_ commas, not spaces, separate all switches and arguments. Therefore, it is not necessary to quote file or path names that include "reserved" characters. Command line is not case-sensitive, and order of arguments is not important. -- --The pathspec and rootspec arguments must point to a folder. The filespec argument can point to either a folder or a file. -- --/E = Opens a new explorer view window. -- --/N = Opens a new folder view window. Otherwise, if a folder view of the specified folder is already open, simply activates that window. /E overrides /N. -- --pathspec = target path to open. Appears as the window caption in folder view. In explorer view, tree in left hand pane is open to the specified folder. This argument is ignored if the /SELECT,filespec option is used. -- --/ROOT,rootspec = User cannot navigate any higher in the directory tree than rootspec. When this option is used, pathspec or filespec must be relative to rootspec. -- --/SELECT,filespec = opens desired view with specified object (file or folder) selected. If used, pathspec is ignored (it defaults to the parent folder of filespec). -- --Note that when /ROOT,rootspec is used, then both pathspec and filespec must be relative to rootspec, regardless of the order in which the parameters are specified. For example,: -- --EXPLORER /E,SYSTEM,/ROOT, D:\WINDOWS,/SELECT,SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL -- --EXPLORER /E,/SELECT,SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL,/ROOT, D:\WINDOWS -- --both do exactly the same thing: Open an Explorer view with the tree limited to D:\WINDOWS or below, the left pane opened to the D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder, and the file SHELL32.DLL selected in the right pane. Changing /E, to /N, would open a new folder view of D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM with SHELL32.DLL selected, and the user could navigate no higher in the tree than D:\WINDOWS. -- --However, -- --EXPLORER /ROOT,D:\WINDOWS,/SELECT, D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL -- --would fail because "D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHELL32.DLL" is an explicit path, not a relative path. -- Bertil Flink Creative Media ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Culley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <lingo-l> dumb question - opening a folder > Hello List, > > How do you open a folder for browsing with director? I know how to open a > file in Director using fileIO, filextra, fileXtra4, and buddyAPI but I don't > see any commands to open just the folder. > > There are functions to return a list of folders or files but I just want to > open the folder and let the user browse on their own using the Explorer > window. > > Using DirectorMX, WindowsXP Pro > > tia, todd [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
