Common Dialog Box

You can open it, Yes.

I'm not sure whether you can use it as a shell for your own devices.

Is that what you are asking?

I stand corrected.

Hi Bravismore,

-add the common dialog activeX control to your form.
-give it a name like "ofdFile" needed to refer to in code
-in your form code to open the Common Dialog box you could use code similar to the following

dim strFile as string

'Show Open File Common Dialog Control
Me!ofdFile.DialogTitle = "TITLE"
Me!ofdFile.Filter = "Excel Files (*.xls)|*.xls"
' next line can be any default path like "C:\My Documents"
Me!ofdFile.InitDir = "C:\"
Me!ofdFile.ShowOpen
' to get the filename in a variable
strFile = Me!ofdFile.FileName

:O)Bruintje

Thanks for the prompt response

Will get back to u in a moment.

Hi cquinn

Dim clCDl As New clsCommonDialog
@compile time: It's complaining that a "Module is not a valid type"

Help pliz!

Hi cquinn

I am failing to rename the class module I created

Its just named automatically to class1

Sorry cquinn

It worked! Thanks!

Hi cquinn, jell

I have managed to use the dialog box
How can I tape the file handler so that instead of opening the file I use it as input to my own program


And also how can I use the same facility to save files.

How can I limit files which show up to only those with a specified extension(like *.ins).

how can I add a default file extension

Under Project >> Compontents, select "Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0 (SP3)" which will put a new tool on your toolbar, then put that tool onto your form and in the properties box, select "custom" and a window will open up that lets you set a file filter such as "*.ins".

You'll have to add code like (assumes you've named the common dialog "cdlgPath"):

cdlgPath.ShowOpen    ' opens the dialog box

filename = cdlgPath.FileName   ' gets the selected file name

I don't know that this will do everything that all of the code provided by cquinn will do, but it sure is a lot simpler.

that's essentially what i already added here but gt no reaction on that

:O)Bruintje

Thanks

Will get back to u asap!

Bruintje --- yep, I missed your comment; got swamped by the length of the thread

bravismore --- you've got two of us now telling you exactly the same thing; probably be a good idea to check it out.

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Hi Moondancer, IF the asker doesn't respond

Q. was if and how to use the file open dialog
A. is the long post from cquinn

bravismore to cquinn > It worked! Thanks!

So i would simply say PAQ and points to cquinn

:O)Bruintje

Thank you very much.

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