Try to use Createprocess to start windows Explorer in a given path, but I keep getting
System Error. Code 50. The request is not supported.
What am i doing wrong?
procedure TfrmProjectManager.OpenFolderinExplorer(const aPath: string);
function GetWinDir: String;
var
Buffer: array[0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
begin
GetWindowsDirectory(Buffer, SizeOf(Buffer));
SetString(Result, Buffer, StrLen(Buffer));
end;
var
strCmdLine : String;
fStartInfo : TStartupInfo;
fProcessInfo : TProcessInformation;
begin
try
if sysutils.DirectoryExists(aPath) or
(MessageDlg('Folder [%s] not found. Create it?', mtConfirmation, mbYesNo, 0)=mrYes) then
begin
sysutils.ForceDirectories(aPath);
FillChar(fStartInfo,sizeof(fStartInfo),0);
FillChar(fPRocessInfo, Sizeof(fProcessInfo),0);
fStartInfo.cb:=sizeof(fStartInfo);
fStartInfo.lpReserved := nil;
fStartInfo.lpDesktop := nil;
fStartInfo.lpTitle := nil;
fStartInfo.dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW ;
fStartInfo.wShowWindow := SW_SHOW;
fStartInfo.cbReserved2 := 0;
fStartInfo.lpReserved2 := nil;
strCmdLine := '"' + GetWinDir + '\explorer.exe"';
if not CreateProcess(nil,PChar(strCmdLine),nil,nil,False, 0,nil,PChar(aPath),fStartInfo,fProcessInfo) then
RaiseLastOSError;
end
except
on E:TObject do
if not IsAbortException(E) then
raise;
end;
end;
I tried various combinations of parameters in CreateProcess, but just don't seem able to find the correct one.
I'd say that you shouldn't be using CreateProcess
here. Rather than debugging your CreateProcess
I'll offer you what I believe to be the right way to open a shell view onto a folder. Call ShellExecute
.
ShellExecute(0, '', PChar(aPath), '', '', SW_SHOWNORMAL);
This way you let the shell decide on the appropriate way to display the folders contents to the user.