Re: Open a file in Forms 4.5

Try to find D2KWUTIL.PLL on your HDD. It exists for Forms 5 and may be it exists for Forms 4.5 also. I don't remember exactly.

Look at:

"...
PACKAGE WIN_API_DIALOG IS

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
 * WIN_API_DIALOG -> 	This package is concerned with Displaying Common
 *			dialogs
 * Contents:
 *		Open_File		-> Open File Dialog
 *		Save_File		-> Save File Dialog
 *		Select_Printer		-> Printer Selection Dialog

Also in Forms 5 there is a Get_File_Name built-in which "Displays the standard open file dialog box where the user can select an existing file or specify a new file".

Hope this helps.

Henk Hultink wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> we are looking for a way to use the standard MS File Open-Window in a
> Forms 4.5 application.
> The aim is that users can browse disks to specify a file that should be
> loaded with SQL*Loader. At this moment they need to specify the filename
> and -location, and any typing error results in an error-message, because
> the specified file was not found.
> Of course the File Open-Window should return the name of the file that
> was opened by the user to Forms for further processing. Any suggestions?

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