Re: How to determine special folder location

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Nice work.

I will definitely make a note of that one.

Thanks rodi.

Adam.

On 29 March 2010 23:02, rodi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello PytonCE users,
>
> have solved the question. The appropriate function
> is 'SHGetSpecialFolderPath': see
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa931257.aspx
>
> May be this info and the follwing code snippet is helpfull to others :)
>
> import ctypes
> from time import sleep
>
> HANDLE = ctypes.c_ulong
> HWND = HANDLE
> INT = ctypes.c_int
> BOOL = ctypes.c_int
>
> SHGetSpecialFolderPath = ctypes.windll.coredll.SHGetSpecialFolderPath
> # BOOL SHGetSpecialFolderPath( HWND hwndOwner, LPTSTR lpszPath, int
> nFolder,
> BOOL fCreate );
> SHGetSpecialFolderPath.argtypes = [HWND, ctypes.c_wchar_p, INT, BOOL]
> MAX_PATH = 260
> path = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(MAX_PATH)
> for i in range(0, 60): #[CSIDL_STARTMENU, CSIDL_PROGRAMS]:
>    try:
>        SHGetSpecialFolderPath( 0,  path, i, 0)
>        if len(path.value)>0:
>            print i, path.value
>        else:
>            print i, 'not supported'
>    except Exception, e:
>        print i, 'exception', e
> sleep(5)
>
>
> Cheers rodi.
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Nice work.<br><br>I will definitely make a note of that one.<br><br>Thanks =
rodi.<br><br>Adam.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 29 March 2010 23:02=
, rodi <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</=
a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; borde=
r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hello PytonCE use=
rs,<br>
<br>
have solved the question. The appropriate function<br>
is &#39;SHGetSpecialFolderPath&#39;: see<br>
<a href=3D"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa931257.aspx" target=3D=
"_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa931257.aspx</a><br>
<br>
May be this info and the follwing code snippet is helpfull to others :)<br>
<br>
import ctypes<br>
from time import sleep<br>
<br>
HANDLE =3D ctypes.c_ulong<br>
HWND =3D HANDLE<br>
INT =3D ctypes.c_int<br>
BOOL =3D ctypes.c_int<br>
<br>
SHGetSpecialFolderPath =3D ctypes.windll.coredll.SHGetSpecialFolderPath<br>
# BOOL SHGetSpecialFolderPath( HWND hwndOwner, LPTSTR lpszPath, int nFolder=
,<br>
BOOL fCreate );<br>
SHGetSpecialFolderPath.argtypes =3D [HWND, ctypes.c_wchar_p, INT, BOOL]<br>
MAX_PATH =3D 260<br>
path =3D ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(MAX_PATH)<br>
for i in range(0, 60): #[CSIDL_STARTMENU, CSIDL_PROGRAMS]:<br>
 =A0 =A0try:<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SHGetSpecialFolderPath( 0, =A0path, i, 0)<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0if len(path.value)&gt;0:<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0print i, path.value<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0else:<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0print i, &#39;not supported&#39;<br>
 =A0 =A0except Exception, e:<br>
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0print i, &#39;exception&#39;, e<br>
sleep(5)<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
Cheers rodi.<br>
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