Select Multiple Files with OpenDialog.

Post date: Mar 18, 2010 1:55:17 AM

Allows you to select multiple files with the OpenDialog component.

uses ActiveX, ShlObj, ComObj;
function SHMultiFileProperties(pDataObj: IDataObject; Flag: DWORD): HRESULT;
  stdcall; external 'shell32.dll';
function GetFileListDataObject(Files: TStrings): IDataObject;
type
  PArrayOfPItemIDList = ^TArrayOfPItemIDList;
  TArrayOfPItemIDList = array[0..0] of PItemIDList;
var
  Malloc: IMalloc;
  Root: IShellFolder;
  p: PArrayOfPItemIDList;
  chEaten, dwAttributes: ULONG;
  i, FileCount: Integer;
begin
  Result := nil;
  FileCount := Files.Count;
  if FileCount = 0 then Exit;
  OleCheck(SHGetMalloc(Malloc));
  OleCheck(SHGetDesktopFolder(Root));
  p := AllocMem(SizeOf(PItemIDList) * FileCount);
  try
    for i := 0 to FileCount - 1 do
      try
        if not (DirectoryExists(Files[i]) or FileExists(Files[i])) then Continue;
        OleCheck(Root.ParseDisplayName(GetActiveWindow,
          nil,
          PWideChar(WideString(Files[i])),
          chEaten,
          p^[i],
          dwAttributes));
      except
      end;
    OleCheck(Root.GetUIObjectOf(GetActiveWindow,
      FileCount,
      p^[0],
      IDataObject,
      nil,
      Pointer(Result)));
  finally
    for i := 0 to FileCount - 1 do
    begin
      if p^[i] <> nil then Malloc.Free(p^[i]);
    end;
    FreeMem(p);
  end;
end;
procedure ShowFileProperties(Files: TStrings; aWnd: HWND);
type
  PArrayOfPItemIDList = ^TArrayOfPItemIDList;
  TArrayOfPItemIDList = array[0..0] of PItemIDList;
var
  Data: IDataObject;
begin
  if Files.Count = 0 then Exit;
  Data := GetFileListDataObject(Files);
  SHMultiFileProperties(Data, 0);
end;

Usage:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if OpenDialog1.Execute then
    Memo1.Lines.AddStrings(OpenDialog1.Files);
end;
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowFileProperties(Memo1.Lines, 0);
end;