File Dialog Box

Hello! I would like the user to be able to click a button and have a select file dialog box pop up with a directory already specified and a file extention locked in. I know this is possible and easy, just cant remember the way to call it.

Thanks!

I think what you need is a commondialog control.

you can set the file to be selected using filter property, e.g. if you only want to display text file

filter = text (*.txt)

you can call the method ShowOpen to pop up the dialog box.

hope this help.

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Place a commondialog control on your form, and name it cdbOpen

Then in code,


on error goto ErrHndlr
with cdbOpen
.CancelError=true
.Dialogtitle="Open a file"
.filter="Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files|*.*"
.initdir="c:\my documents"
.showopen
end with
'Do your work here
Exit sub
ErrHndlr:
'Cancel Was pressed
End sub