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Hi experts,<br />
<br />
I want that the common dialog control contains an empty<br />
string, instead of a file name.<br />
<br />
In Visual Basic I would do it like this:<br />
<br />
CommonDialog1.filename = &quot;&quot;<br />
<br />
<br />
In Delphi 3.0, &nbsp;I tried<br />
<br />
OpenDialog1.Files:=' ';<br />
<br />
and I tried<br />
<br />
Opendialog1.clear;<br />
<br />
but both these statements are rejected by Delphi with <br />
an error message.<br />
<br />
Any suggestions for a correct solution ?<br />
<br />
With kind regards<br />
<br />
Christian<br />

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Hi experts,

I want that the common dialog control contains an empty
string, instead of a file name.

In Visual Basic I would do it like this:

CommonDialog1.filename = ""


In Delphi 3.0,  I tried

OpenDialog1.Files:=' ';

and I tried

Opendialog1.clear;

but both these statements are rejected by Delphi with 
an error message.

Any suggestions for a correct solution ?

With kind regards

Christian


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