Select File Dialog

[Parmenion]

What I have: A text field [tf_location] and a button
[b]What I need to do: When the user clicks the browse button, have the standard windows Select File Dialog pop up. When the user selects a file, the dialog closes and the path of that file is displayed in the text field.
The Problem: I am a java programmer and have no idea how to do this in VB. I am working in an MS Access environment.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated :)

[DSJ]

Add the reference to the microsoft commondialog control to your project (Project, Components, etc.)

Place the CommonDialog control on your form along with a textbox and commandbutton and this code should work for you...


private Sub Command1_Click()

CommonDialog1.CancelError = true
on error GoTo Error_Handler

CommonDialog1.ShowOpen
Text1.Text = CommonDialog1.FileName

Exit Sub
Error_Handler:
'user hit Cancel Button....
End Sub

[michi]

The previous post is right, I just want to add more. Let's assume you want to open a picture file:

private Sub Command1_Click()
on error GoTo Error_Handler
With CommonDialog1

' Set filters.
.Filter = "Picture Files (*.bmp;*.gif;*.ico;*.jpg;*.tif;*.tiff)|*.bmp;*.gif;*.ico;*.jpg;*.tif;*.tiff|All Files (*.*)|*.*"
' Specify default filter. (*.bmp)
.FilterIndex = 1

.CancelError = True
.DialogTitle = "Open A Picture"

.InitDir = strPath
.FileName = strFileName

' Display the Open dialog box.
.ShowOpen

End With

Text1.Text = CommonDialog1.FileName
exit sub

Error_Handler:
If Err.Number = cdlCancel Then
' User pressed Cancel button. Do nothing
else
msgbox err.description
end if
end Sub

Regards,

Michi