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[icefire]

FileSelectFolder does not seem to allow me to create new folders, regardless of the value of the Options parameter.
FileSelectFolder, MyFolder
FileSelectFolder, MyFolder, , 0
FileSelectFolder, MyFolder, , 1

each give exactly the same dialog box, with only a facility to choose a folder but not create one.

FileSelectFolder, OutputVar, , 2
FileSelectFolder, OutputVar, , 3

each give exactly the same dialog box but have a space to type an existing folder name.

FileSelectFolder, MyFolder, , 5 is correctly rejected with a message saying that only 0, 1, 2 or 3 are valid

FileSelectFile seems to work properly, however.

I am on Windows98SE using version 1.0.13

[Chris]

The button is absent on my Win98SE system as well. I checked MSDN and it seems likely that Windows XP+ and MSIE 6.x+ are required, though it's possible it will work on Win2k.

I've updated the help file to reflect this. Sorry for the oversight.

[icefire]

Thank you for the quick reply. It confirms it wasn't just me missing something. I have been able to use the following workaround to use FileSelectFile to create a new folder:

FileSelectFile, MyFolder, 0, C:\My Documents, Select / create Folder. Input dummy filename.
Loop, Parse, MyFolder, \
{
MySubString = %A_LoopField%
}
StringReplace, MyFolder, MyFolder, \%MySubString%

The result of that is that the MyFolder variable contains just the folder name (without a trailing \) of the new folder created by the FileSelectFile dialog.

By the way, I think AutoHotkey is a most amazing piece of software. Powerful and superb.