SftDirectory.InitialFolder Property	Softel vdm, Inc.

Defines the initially selected file/folder using a path name.

Syntax       

	Get
		VB.NET	FolderName = object.InitialFolder  As String
		VB	FolderName = object.InitialFolder  As String
		C#.NET	string FolderName = object.InitialFolder;
		VC++	_bstr_t FolderName = object->InitialFolder; _bstr_t FolderName = object->GetInitialFolder();
		C	HRESULT object->get_InitialFolder(BSTR* FolderName);
		Delphi	FolderName := object.InitialFolder   : WideString;
	Put
		VB.NET	object.InitialFolder = FolderName  As String
		VB	object.InitialFolder = FolderName  As String
		C#.NET	string object.InitialFolder = FolderName;
		VC++	_bstr_t object->InitialFolder = FolderName; void object->PutInitialFolder(_bstr_t FolderName);
		C	HRESULT object->put_InitialFolder(BSTR FolderName);
		Delphi	object.InitialFolder := FolderName   : WideString;

object

A SftDirectory object.

FolderName

Defines the initially selected file/folder using a path name.

Comments

The InitialFolder property defines the initially selected file/folder using a path name.

The InitialFolder property can be used to select a specific file/folder.  In a TreeView style control (see ControlStyle property) the folder's parent folders are automatically expanded, while collapsing all unnecessary folders.

The full pathname must be specified for FolderName, including a file extension for files (even if the file extension is not normally displayed). Particularly for links, the file extension ".lnk" must be appended.

The InitialFolderSpecial property can be used to select a file/folder using its system-independent CSIDL.