CFileDialog :: Browse folders

Question

When I try to instantiate a CFileDialog object it shows both the folders and files. How do you create a CFileDialog that browses for folders alone?

Answer 1

Starting from Vista it's recommended to use IFileDialog with the FOS_PICKFOLDERS option (see msdn):

CFileDialog od(TRUE/*bOpenFileDialog*/, NULL, NULL,
      OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT , NULL, NULL, 0,
      TRUE/*bVistaStyle*/);
   IFileOpenDialog * openDlgPtr = od.GetIFileOpenDialog();
   if ( openDlgPtr != NULL )
   {
      openDlgPtr->SetOptions(FOS_PICKFOLDERS);
      openDlgPtr->Release();
   }

   od.DoModal();