Files Chooser Dialog

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Introduction

It's the very first thing I programmed, so please excuse me if maybe some things aren't done like by a seasoned programmer. This control simply allows to choose a list of files or folders and then save or load it. I commented the code very well, I think you'll understand all my mess quite easily ;-) I spent an extensive time on the GUI and features:

• Displays the full path or only files names
• Displays the number of added items
• You can put a cross on the items you want added in your own program
• Checks in real time any changes in the files or folders
• Updates the list of drives and files when a CD-ROM is inserted or removed
• Drag and drop is supported
• All the settings are automatically stored in a bin file
• When you load or save a list, it checks if the files still exist
• A combobox contains all the recently visited paths
• You can write a path directly on this combobox
• You can display messages on this combobox too
• There's a pin for leaving the form on the top

Please note that only European characters are supported, but I think you can modify it without too much work. I think there aren't any bugs, but I would be very happy to correct any. Enjoy!

Background

• I retrieve the system icons, thanks to the excellent code from Steve McMahon here.
• I got my rounded buttons from here, the author is unknown.
• I got the drive combobox by Odah from here.

Using the code

I included an example that shows how to (easily) retrieve the selected files and the last visited path. The dialog box code is really too long to show here.

History

• June 11 2004: I corrected a bug, and now it asks you if you want to delete missing files from the list, at startup.
• January 22 2005: A few bug fixes, and now it works well on systems with drive A:\. The drive A:\ support was simply removed because it slowed down much the whole thing.