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Is there Path Edit Control in Win32? - Promillimeters935 - 07-27-2023
I would like to add an edit box (or is it a combo box?) for entering a file-path using Visual C Win32 so that it offers auto-complete - the same as when you type in Windows Explorer's address bar.
Is there a common control or property I'm missing that allows me to do that?
RE: Is there Path Edit Control in Win32? - joeogtrykl - 07-27-2023
You can use the standard edit control and call [`SHAutoComplete`][1]. Like this:
SHAutoComplete(editWnd, SHACF_DEFAULT);
The system will do the rest for you.
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RE: Is there Path Edit Control in Win32? - pazit606 - 07-27-2023
There is no Common Control for that. What you can do, however, is use a standard Edit control and attach the [IAutoComplete][1] interface to it, which can be configured to use the file system (amongst other things) as a source for getting string values from. The easiest way to do that is to call the [SHAutoComplete][2] function.
[1]: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776292.aspx
[2]: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb759862.aspx