'Add Bookmark To User Favorite Folder
 'This code will find the user Favorites folder, and will add your link to it.



 'Module Code

Private Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation _
     Lib "shell32.dll" (ByVal hwndOwner As Long, _
    ByVal nFolder As SpecialShellFolderIDs, _
    pidl As Long) As Long
   
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList _
     Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" _
     (ByVal pidl As Long, _
     ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

Private Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" _
     (ByVal pv As Long)

Public Enum SpecialShellFolderIDs
    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_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_ALTSTARTUP = &H1D
    CSIDL_COMMON_ALTSTARTUP = &H1E
    CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES = &H1F
    CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE = &H20
    CSIDL_COOKIES = &H21
    CSIDL_HISTORY = &H22
End Enum


Public Sub AddFavorite(SiteName As String, URL As String)

Dim pidl As Long
Dim intFile As Integer
Dim strFullPath As String

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

intFile = FreeFile
strFullPath = Space(255)

 'Check the API for the folder existence and location

If SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_FAVORITES, pidl) = 0 Then

If pidl Then

If SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl, strFullPath) Then

 ' Trim any null characters

If InStr(1, strFullPath, Chr(0)) Then
strFullPath = Mid(strFullPath, 1, _
InStr(1, strFullPath, Chr(0)) - 1)
End If

 ' Add back slash, if none exists

If Right(strFullPath, 1) <> "\" Then
strFullPath = strFullPath & "\"
End If

 ' Create the link

strFullPath = strFullPath & SiteName & ".URL"
Open strFullPath For Output As #intFile
Print #intFile, "[InternetShortcut]"
> Print #intFile, "URL=" & URL
Close #intFile

End If

CoTaskMemFree pidl

End If

End If

ErrorHandler:
    
End Sub


Form Code


Private Sub Form_Load()
     AddFavorite "VB-Town", "http://www.vb-town.com/"
End Sub

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