Create a Folder Using API Call to Check for Path Validity

Category:

Files and Directories

Type:

Snippets

Difficulty:

Beginning

Author:

Anonymous

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6

More information:

This function uses the MakeSureDirectoryPathExists API function to check if a supplied path is valid; if so, it creates the folder.

Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.

Declarations:
'**************************************************************** ' EXAMPLE CODE TAKEN FROM NEWSGROUP: ' microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion ' ' NEWSGROUP SUBJECT: ' VB program to make directories ' ' QUESTION: ' I want to make a simple little program that will let us Create directories ' ' ANSWER SUPPLIED / AUTHORED BY: ' Ken Halter [MS-MVP-VB] ' ' AUTHORS WEB SITE: ' http://www.mvps.org/vbsight ' ' NOTE: ' By testing, or using this Demo code, neither the news group 'poster ' who answered the question, nor I, take any responsibility for 'any ' damages you might incur. ' '**************************************************************** Option Explicit Private Declare Function MakeSureDirectoryPathExists Lib _ "IMAGEHLP.DLL" (ByVal DirPath As String) As Long

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