Choose File Dialog

External Since: Jun 02, 2004 Posts: 1

I am using Visual Basic 6. Is there any way to open a dialog that lets you select a file on a drive? I want the user to be able to select a file and place the directory chosen in a textbox. For instance. if there is a file on c:\images\picture.jpg I want the user to open up a dialog, choose that file in that directory and place that directory text in a textbox.

External Since: Jan 30, 2004 Posts: 29

Jepp, there is... It's called Common Dialog

Add the componet to your project, Menu Project --> components and select Microsoft Common Dialog
Put the object in an empty form.

you can use it as OPEN or as Save AS dialog, you can set filter so only some files can be selected aso......

If you only want to select a Folder, common dialog is not the most efficent one.
for that there is an API called SHBrowseForFolder, you can probably find details on Google

Kjell