Changing the default Pictures Path in Word

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Hezviz - 30 Jan 2005 18:04 GMT

Hi. I am brand new to this so please bear with me. I have learned alot
from this group and have been able to get a lot accomplished. However, I
am stuck.

Here is the code I have so far:

Sub SetFillSpecific()
Dim strName As String
'display the InsertPicture dialog and
'get the name of the selected picture.
'use this value for the UserPicture value.

Options.DefaultFilePath(wdPicturesPath) = "C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather.HEATHER-O49C7II\My Documents\My Pictures\MinPort\"

With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture)

Display
strName = .Name
End With

Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.UserPicture strName
End Sub

This works great when on my computer, but I need it to be able to work on
others computers. I need to know how to make the path "C:\Documents and
Settings\Heather.HEATHER-O49C7II\My Documents\My Pictures\MinPort\" be a
dynamic path to wherever the My pictures folders is on any computer and
then also stipulate a specific folder within My Pictures such as Min
Port.

Can any one help?

Thank you so much.

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Jonathan West - 30 Jan 2005 21:49 GMT

Hi Hezviz

Many stnadrd operati8ng system paths (including the My Pictures path for the
current user) can be found by the techniques described in the following
article

Using SHGetFolderPath to Find Popular Shell Folders
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/browse/csidl.htm

Don't worry that the code sample is for VB6 and nor VBA. The sole change
that you would have to make to get the sample to work in VBA would be to
change the following line

Private Sub Form_Load()

to this

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()

However, you will probably want to extract just the code from the sample
that you need for getting at My Pictures.

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> Hi. I am brand new to this so please bear with me. I have learned alot
> from this group and have been able to get a lot accomplished. However, I
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> Thank you so much.

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Hezviz - 31 Jan 2005 01:03 GMT

OK- that makes a little bit of sense but where do I add it to my existing
code to have the dialog box open in a subfolder of My pictures?

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Jonathan West - 31 Jan 2005 01:41 GMT

> OK- that makes a little bit of sense but where do I add it to my existing
> code to have the dialog box open in a subfolder of My pictures?

You use it to set the value of Options.DefaultFilePath(wdPicturesPath)

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Hezviz - 31 Jan 2005 14:52 GMT

Thank you. I really appreciate all your help. I am a beginning novice at
this. So is this how my code should look?

Sub SetFillSpecific()
Dim strName As String
'display the InsertPicture dialog and
'get the name of the selected picture.
'use this value for the UserPicture value.

Options.DefaultFilePath(wdPicturesPath) = "CSIDL_MYPICTURES " & _
vbTab & "file" & _
vbTab & "v5.0" & vbTab & "\My Documents\My Pictures"
.ItemData(.NewIndex) = CSIDL_MYPICTURES

With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture)

Display
strName = .Name
End With

Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.UserPicture strName
End Sub

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Jonathan West - 31 Jan 2005 15:15 GMT

> Thank you. I really appreciate all your help. I am a beginning novice at
> this. So is this how my code should look?

Not quite.

1. Create a separate module, and paste the sample code into it from the
start of the code up to but not including the line "Private Sub Form_Load()"

2. Change this line

Private Enum CSIDL_VALUES

to this

Public Enum CSIDL_VALUES

3. Paste the following additional code into the module

Public Function GetFolderPath(csidl As Long) As String

Dim buff As String
Dim dwFlags As Long

'fill buffer with the specified folder item
buff = Space$(MAX_LENGTH)

If SHGetFolderPath(0, csidl, -1, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, _
buff) = S_OK Then
GetFolderPath = TrimNull(buff)
End If
End Function

Private Function TrimNull(startstr As String) As String
TrimNull = Left$(startstr, lstrlenW(StrPtr(startstr)))
End Function

You now have a GetFolderPath function you can use anywhere else in your
code. Your main routine can now look something like this

Sub SetFillSpecific()
Dim strName As String
'display the InsertPicture dialog and
'get the name of the selected picture.
'use this value for the UserPicture value.

Options.DefaultFilePath(wdPicturesPath) = _
GetFolderPath(CISDL_MYPICTURES) & "\MinPort\"

With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture)

If .Display = -1 Then
strName = .Name
Selection.ShapeRange.Fill.UserPicture strName
Else
MsgBox "User pressed cancel"
End If
End With

End Sub

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Hezviz - 31 Jan 2005 18:55 GMT

Thank you so very much- It is so much clearer now. I have learned a great
deal from you.

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Hezviz - 05 Feb 2005 17:59 GMT

I followed your instructions and I am missing something- I can't get this
to work. What am I doing wrong?

Here is the code:

Public Enum CSIDL_VALUES
CSIDL_DESKTOP = &H0
CSIDL_INTERNET = &H1
CSIDL_PROGRAMS = &H2
CSIDL_CONTROLS = &H3
CSIDL_PRINTERS = &H4
CSIDL_PERSONAL = &H5
CSIDL_FAVORITES = &H6
CSIDL_STARTUP = &H7
CSIDL_RECENT = &H8
CSIDL_SENDTO = &H9
CSIDL_BITBUCKET = &HA
CSIDL_STARTMENU = &HB
CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS = &HC
CSIDL_MYMUSIC = &HD
CSIDL_MYVIDEO = &HE
CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY = &H10
CSIDL_DRIVES = &H11
CSIDL_NETWORK = &H12
CSIDL_NETHOOD = &H13
CSIDL_FONTS = &H14
CSIDL_TEMPLATES = &H15
CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU = &H16
CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS = &H17
CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP = &H18
CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY = &H19
CSIDL_APPDATA = &H1A
CSIDL_PRINTHOOD = &H1B
CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA = &H1C
CSIDL_ALTSTARTUP = &H1D
CSIDL_COMMON_ALTSTARTUP = &H1E
CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES = &H1F
CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE = &H20
CSIDL_COOKIES = &H21
CSIDL_HISTORY = &H22
CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA = &H23
CSIDL_WINDOWS = &H24
CSIDL_SYSTEM = &H25
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES = &H26
CSIDL_MYPICTURES = &H27
CSIDL_PROFILE = &H28
CSIDL_SYSTEMX86 = &H29
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86 = &H2A
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON = &H2B
CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 = &H2C
CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES = &H2D
CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS = &H2E
CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS = &H2F
CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS = &H30
CSIDL_CONNECTIONS = &H31
CSIDL_COMMON_MUSIC = &H35
CSIDL_COMMON_PICTURES = &H36
CSIDL_COMMON_VIDEO = &H37
CSIDL_RESOURCES = &H38
CSIDL_RESOURCES_LOCALIZED = &H39
CSIDL_COMMON_OEM_LINKS = &H3A
CSIDL_CDBURN_AREA = &H3B
CSIDL_COMPUTERSNEARME = &H3D
CSIDL_FLAG_PER_USER_INIT = &H800
CSIDL_FLAG_NO_ALIAS = &H1000
CSIDL_FLAG_DONT_VERIFY = &H4000
CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE = &H8000
CSIDL_FLAG_MASK = &HFF00
End Enum

Private Const SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = &H0 'current value for user, verify it
exists
Private Const SHGFP_TYPE_DEFAULT = &H1

Private Const MAX_LENGTH = 260
Private Const S_OK = 0
Private Const S_FALSE = 1

Private Declare Function lstrlenW Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal lpString As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function SHGetFolderPath Lib "shfolder.dll" _
Alias "SHGetFolderPathA" _
(ByVal hwndOwner As Long, _
ByVal nFolder As Long, _
ByVal hToken As Long, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpszPath As String) As Long

'General Declarations code (form)
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
lParam As Any) As Long

Private Const LB_SETTABSTOPS As Long = &H192

Public Function GetFolderPath(csidl As Long) As String

Dim buff As String
Dim dwFlags As Long

'fill buffer with the specified folder item
buff = Space$(MAX_LENGTH)

If SHGetFolderPath(0, csidl, -1, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, _
buff) = S_OK Then
GetFolderPath = TrimNull(buff)
End If
End Function

Private Function TrimNull(startstr As String) As String
TrimNull = Left$(startstr, lstrlenW(StrPtr(startstr)))
End Function

'You now have a GetFolderPath function you can use anywhere else in your
'code. Your main routine can now look something like this

Sub SetFillSpecific()
Dim strName As String
'display the InsertPicture dialog and
'get the name of the selected picture.
'use this value for the UserPicture value.

Options.DefaultFilePath(wdPicturesPath) = _
GetFolderPath(CSIDL_MYPICTURES) & "\MinPort\"

With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPicture)

If .Display = -1 Then

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