Network Enumerations (3)

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Having seen the 2 previous offerings which front load the enumeration in
such a way that on a large or awkward network they can take a long time to
return, I took a look at the browse for folder code which was rather
cumbersome but with some tinkering reduced it to the following:

LPITEMIDLIST pidlRoot = NULL;

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(GetSafeHwnd(), CSIDL_NETWORK, &pidlRoot);
CString strDisplayName;

BROWSEINFO bi;

memset(&bi, 0, sizeof(BROWSEINFO));

bi.hwndOwner = GetSafeHwnd();

bi.pidlRoot = pidlRoot;

bi.pszDisplayName = strDisplayName.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH + 1);

bi.lpszTitle = “Find computer”;

bi.ulFlags = BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER;
LPITEMIDLIST pidl = SHBrowseForFolder(&bi);

strDisplayName.ReleaseBuffer();
if(pidl)

{

    m_machine = strDisplayName;

    UpdateData(FALSE);

}
IMalloc *pMalloc = NULL;

SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc);

pMalloc->Free(pidlRoot);

Create a dialog box with a CEdit control on it. Create a member variable for
this CEdit called m_machine. Attach the code above to a button (any other
than OK or Cancel).