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viktornet-<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;I figured out the refresh problem that I was having. I was refreshing the wrong File List (dumb mistake). The answer you provided was excellent. Thanks alot.<br />
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slimbx<br />
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viktornet-

   I figured out the refresh problem that I was having. I was refreshing the wrong File List (dumb mistake). The answer you provided was excellent. Thanks alot.

slimbx



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&gt;&gt;I was refreshing the wrong File List<br />
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hehe, happens to me every once in a while ;-))<br />
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-vik-<br />

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>>I was refreshing the wrong File List

hehe, happens to me every once in a while ;-))

-vik-


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#1) &nbsp;I have an application that I am creating, similiar to that of the Windows Explorer. Whenever I choose a file to open or rename or something of that nature, when that task is done, that is the only file that shows in the File List box. This happens when there are other files in the same directory. How can I display the rest of the files as well?<br />
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I have tried refreshing the File List ctrl, Drive crtl, the form itself, everything. I am stumped.<br />
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#2 How can you open any MS Office file (Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), as well as any other file that is of ASCII text origin?<br />
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For this one, I have tried the ShellExecute, and it only opens txt files. Code below:<br />
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&nbsp;Dim ret As Long<br />
&nbsp;ret = ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, vbNullString, File1.FileName, vbNullString, CurDir, 1)<br />
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* File1.FileName is the file to be opened from the list box 
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#1)  I have an application that I am creating, similiar to that of the Windows Explorer. Whenever I choose a file to open or rename or something of that nature, when that task is done, that is the only file that shows in the File List box. This happens when there are other files in the same directory. How can I display the rest of the files as well?

I have tried refreshing the File List ctrl, Drive crtl, the form itself, everything. I am stumped.


#2 How can you open any MS Office file (Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), as well as any other file that is of ASCII text origin?

For this one, I have tried the ShellExecute, and it only opens txt files. Code below:

 Dim ret As Long
 ret = ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, vbNullString, File1.FileName, vbNullString, CurDir, 1)
            

* File1.FileName is the file to be opened from the list box 

Refreshing Files/Opening files

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.