Re: File open dialog from dev2000

You can also use the common dialog VBX, cmdialog.vbx. It's quite easy using the VBX. The following code will do the necessary work:

 vbx.set_property('vbx1','Action','1');
:block2.filename := vbx.get_property('vbx1','Filename');

Assuming vbx1 is the name of the vbx item created.

Preeti

Chris Fischer wrote:
>
> marks_at_sensible.teleord.co.uk (Mark Styles) wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to find a way to open up a standard MS Windows file open
> >dialog from a form using Developer/2000, has anyone achieved this?
> >I was hoping to do it without resorting to user-exits.
 

> >I want to have a field on a form which gets populated by the pop-up
> >file dialog with the full path of the filename selected by the user.
> >This filename will be passed to MS Word for a mailmerge operation
> >(I already have the mailmerge bit working).
>
> Well, let me start by saying, I haven't done PRECISELY this. However,
> all of the windows standard dialog boxes can be accessed using the
> ORAFFI package. The Foreign Function Interface allows you to call any
> DLL, including the windows system DLL's. There are three catches.
>
> 1) Forms cannot handle any kind of structures like C. This is a
> problem because many DLL's use structures as parameters.
>
> 2) Using ORAFFI is not simple and is poorly documented. Your best
> best is to look at the samples programs
>
> 3) You'll need a good reference book for the Windows SDK which
> details all available methods in each DLL.
>
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Received on Wed Mar 27 1996 - 00:00:00 CET