Binaryworld - Add a file to the list of recent documents ... [ VB -> Files & Folder ]

To add a file to the "Recents" folder, you just need a single API function: SHAddToRecentDocs. This function takes two parameters. The first is SHARD_PATH if you want to refer to the file with its path string, while is SHARD_PIDL if you use its identifier. The second is the path string of the file, or it is a ITEMIDLIST structure that identifies uniquely the item. If this parameter is NULL (vbNullString in VB parlance), the function clears all documents from the list. Let's see an example that adds the file whose path is contained in a text box:

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Private Declare Function SHAddToRecentDocs Lib "Shell32.dll" (ByVal uFlags As _
Long, ByVal PV As String) As Long
Const SHARD_PATH As Long = 2
SHAddToRecentDocs SHARD_PATH, "C:\Docs\SampleFile.Txt"

Here's how you clear the Recent Documents list:

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SHAddToRecentDocs SHARD_PATH, vbNullString