How to make commondialog lock in only 1 directory

i think you can't but you could check what file has choosed and act accordingly, open the file or not.

If you are only going to list the files from one directory why not read them with the Dir command and just put them in a list box?

I think that all you have to do is set a flag:

CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlOFNNoChangeDir

From MS Help:
"cdlOFNNoChangeDir (&H8) Forces the dialog box to set the current directory to what it was when the dialog box was opened. "

I don't think a common dialog can be restricted that way.

What you probably need to do is use a FileListBox. Then the user has no oppurtunity to change the Directory. If you still want the dialog style form to come up, you will have to code your own form.

As agreed with many others, even i don't think you can do that directly. You have still two solutions. one is use FileListBox and DirListBox to restrict the directory and second deals with Win32APIs. Capture the messages sent by the commondialog and modify the exact message sent by it when the directory is changed by your own message which sets it back to the one you desire.
VR

If the user can only browse for files in a single directory, why use Common Dialog box?! You can simple put the files in a directory and select from it.

regards

ryancys
I agree with you on that one, but that was not the initial question.

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