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23 changes: 18 additions & 5 deletions src/platform/windows.jai
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Expand Up @@ -215,11 +215,24 @@ platform_get_fonts_dir :: () -> string {
}

platform_open_in_explorer :: (path: string, reveal := false) {
path_backslashes := copy_string(path,, allocator = temp);
path_overwrite_separators(path_backslashes, #char "\\");

if reveal run_command("explorer", "/select,", path_backslashes);
else run_command("explorer", path_backslashes);
ITEMIDLIST :: struct {}
ShellExecuteW :: (hwnd: HWND, lpOperation: *u16, lpFile: *u16, lpParameters: *u16, lpDirectory: *u16, nShowCmd: s32) -> HINSTANCE #foreign shell32;
ILCreateFromPathW :: (pszPath: *u16) -> *ITEMIDLIST #foreign shell32;
ILFree :: (pidl: *ITEMIDLIST) -> void #foreign shell32;
SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems :: (pidlFolder: *ITEMIDLIST, cidl: u32, apidl: **ITEMIDLIST, dwFlags: u32) -> HRESULT #foreign shell32;

path_wide := utf8_to_wide(path,, temp);

if reveal {
pidl := ILCreateFromPathW(path_wide);
if pidl {
SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems(pidl, 0, null, 0);
ILFree(pidl);
}
} else {
verb_wide := utf8_to_wide("open",, temp);
ShellExecuteW(null, verb_wide, path_wide, null, null, 1);
}
}

platform_path_equals :: inline (path_a: string, path_b: string) -> bool {
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