windows explorer address bar

[fenris]

What control (if any?) would provide similar functionality to the windows explorer address bar.

Basically I am looking for something that looks fancy and allows the user to pick a directory.

I currently have a textbox that is liked to the browse for a folder dialog.... Troy Williams B.Eng.
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[CYerry]

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[scarfhead]

Have you looked at Microsoft Data Bound List Controls 6.0
(dblist32.ocx)?

I haven't fleshed it out, but just playing around I can see that you use a data combo box for the main address bar that has a backend database with paths. Have a change event in the combo that runs a query with the datacombo.text on the database and makes visible a data list box with the results of that query.

Not sure about integrating icons into the combo box.

If storing previous locations is important, that will do it.
If you want something simpler, the Drive List Box and Dir List Box get the job done.

I've got a sample that looks a little like explorer that lets my users choose directories. It isn't all that pretty and it's got a pretty big footprint on the screen. It relies heavily on the Microsoft Scripting Runtime (scrrun.dll)

scarfhead