select a computer from the network neighborhood

select a computer from the network neighborhood?

Author: Sergey Dolinin

uses

ShlObj, ActiveX;

function BrowseComputer(DialogTitle: string; var CompName: string;

bNewStyle: Boolean): Boolean;

// bNewStyle: If True, this code will try to use the "new"

// BrowseForFolders UI on Windows 2000/XP

const

BIF_USENEWUI = 28;

var

BrowseInfo: TBrowseInfo;

ItemIDList: PItemIDList;

ComputerName: array[0..MAX_PATH] of Char;

Title: string;

WindowList: Pointer;

ShellMalloc: IMalloc;

begin

if Failed(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(Application.Handle, CSIDL_NETWORK, ItemIDList)) then

raise Exception.Create('Unable open browse computer dialog');

try

FillChar(BrowseInfo, SizeOf(BrowseInfo), 0);

BrowseInfo.hwndOwner := Application.Handle;

BrowseInfo.pidlRoot := ItemIDList;

BrowseInfo.pszDisplayName := ComputerName;

Title := DialogTitle;

BrowseInfo.lpszTitle := PChar(Pointer(Title));

if bNewStyle then

BrowseInfo.ulFlags := BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER or BIF_USENEWUI

else

BrowseInfo.ulFlags := BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER;

WindowList := DisableTaskWindows(0);

try

Result := SHBrowseForFolder(BrowseInfo) <> nil;

finally

EnableTaskWindows(WindowList);

end;

if Result then CompName := ComputerName;

finally

if Succeeded(SHGetMalloc(ShellMalloc)) then

ShellMalloc.Free(ItemIDList);

end;

// Example

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);

var

Computer: string;

begin

BrowseComputer('...', Computer, True);

label1.Caption := Computer;

end;