# AG\_BROWSEFOLDER

> [HTML Version](ag_browsefolder.htm)

_Reviewed and revised December 2023_

**tab(-10, AG\_BROWSEFOLDER); folder, rootID, title, flags; chr(127);**     [Tab(-10,x) Syntax Notes](ag_xxx_syntax-notes.md)

AG\_BROWSEFOLDER (70) invokes a standard Windows dialog allowing the user to browse for and select a folder or other non-file resource such as a computer or device.

This function has both a [subroutine and a print tab implementation](subroutine-print-pairs.md).

**Parameters**

_folder_

Optional default folder. Note even when the rootID parameter is specified, this default folder specification must be absolute (i.e. not relative to the rootID). But it must specify a folder on or below that rootID folder.

_rootid_

Root folder (using the standard [CSIDL\_xxx identifiers](csidl_xxxidentifiers.md)), above which the user would not be able to navigate.

_title_

Title for the dialog box

_flags_

See [MX\_BROWSEFOLDER](mx_browsefolder.md)[xs](keyword-types.md) for flags definitions.

**Response**

Selected folder (complete path) followed by a carriage return:

_folder_ <CR>