CommonDialog FileOpen

I am new to VB and am having a little difficulty with the common dialog File Open control. Basicly I cant open the selected file. I can get the string however I dont seem to be able to connect the string to the Open button on the Control window.
If I right click on the file and select open the file will open.

The commondialog box doesn't do the opening itself, you will have to do that. The common dialog only supplies a graphical interface. After you pressed the open button, check the filename property of the dialog control. This will contain the file you selected.

If you right click on a file, it's default popup will show up, and it is explorer that is opening the file, not the commondialog.

Tom Cannaerts
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Thanks for the help.
I have tried FileOpen, Documents.Open and others.
I can open a specific document associated with a known application and get the MsgBox but I need a wee bit of code to help me open any file, as one does with explorer.

read carefully:
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/shellexecute.htm

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Thanks alot.

Have fun

Doug