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Common Dialog in Access 2000

I need to be able to browse for a file and insert that path into something. Is there something other than the common dialog control I can use? If not, (1) is the common dialog control on every system and (2) show me code to do this?

Paurths

hi Misledman,

the common dialog component does not always work when u distribute your application to another computer.
If u use API however, it will always work since it is part of windows itself.
Here u will find an example of that :
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0001.htm

cheers
Ricky

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nschulz777

Post your email and Ill send you a sample mdb which uses windows API calls to browse for files. It avoids the headaches of some machines not having registered controls.

Ryan Chong

Hi Misledman,

Here is another sample that enable a user to launch whether Save or Open dialog:

Public Type OPENFILENAME
lStructSize As Long
hwndOwner As Long
hInstance As Long
lpstrFilter As String
lpstrCustomFilter As String
nMaxCustFilter As Long
nFilterIndex As Long
lpstrFile As String
nMaxFile As Long
lpstrFileTitle As String
nMaxFileTitle As Long
lpstrInitialDir As String
lpstrTitle As String
flags As Long
nFileOffset As Integer
nFileExtension As Integer
lpstrDefExt As String
lCustData As Long
lpfnHook As Long
lpTemplateName As String
End Type

Public Declare Function GetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Long
Public Declare Function GetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Long

Public Function OpenDialogBox(ByVal frm As Form, ByVal filter As String, ByVal title As String, ByVal OpenSave As Byte) As String
Dim ofn As OPENFILENAME
ofn.lStructSize = Len(ofn)
ofn.hwndOwner = frm.hwnd
ofn.hInstance = App.hInstance
ofn.lpstrFilter = filter
ofn.nFilterIndex = 1
ofn.lpstrFile = Space$(254)
ofn.nMaxFile = 255
ofn.lpstrFileTitle = Space$(254)
ofn.nMaxFileTitle = 255
ofn.lpstrInitialDir = CurDir
ofn.lpstrTitle = title
ofn.flags = 6
Dim OpenDialog As Long
If OpenSave = 1 Then
OpenDialog = GetOpenFileName(ofn)
If (OpenDialog) Then
If Dir$(Trim$(ofn.lpstrFile)) <> "" Then
OpenDialogBox = Trim$(ofn.lpstrFile)
End If
Else
OpenDialogBox = "" 'Cancel was pressed
End If
Else ' = 2
OpenDialog = GetSaveFileName(ofn)
If OpenDialog > 0 Then
OpenDialogBox = Trim$(ofn.lpstrFile)
Else
OpenDialogBox = ""
End If
End If
End Function

'Hope will help.