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You may want to check out this document from MSDN:<br />
PRB: Problems Using Intrinsic File System Controls<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196141&" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196141&</a><br />
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Also:<br />
BUG: FileListBox Display Inconsistent Between Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 (Q184247)<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184247&" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184247&</a><br />
PRB: FileListBox Control May Not List File Names Properly<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196028&" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196028&</a><br />
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In other words, it is time you looked for alternatives, such as the Common Dialog Box.<br />
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Anthony
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You may want to check out this document from MSDN:
PRB: Problems Using Intrinsic File System Controls
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196141& [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196141&]

Also:
BUG: FileListBox Display Inconsistent Between Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 (Q184247)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184247& [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184247&]
PRB: FileListBox Control May Not List File Names Properly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196028& [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q196028&]

In other words, it is time you looked for alternatives, such as the Common Dialog Box.

Anthony

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We have to restrict the users to where they are can pick files from and I couldn't see a way to do that with the Common Dialog box but the dir function will serve us perfectly.
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We have to restrict the users to where they are can pick files from and I couldn't see a way to do that with the Common Dialog box but the dir function will serve us perfectly.

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I am using the file list control in VB and it is only showing me the short file names. &nbsp;How I can get it to show long file names?
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I am using the file list control in VB and it is only showing me the short file names.  How I can get it to show long file names?

File List Control

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