Creating the Open dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open -- Visual FoxPro : Using Win32 (WinAPI) Functions


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Creating the Open dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open

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Created: 2003-01-02 14:24:34
Modified: 2011-12-10 09:20:22
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Listed functions:

CommDlgExtendedError
GetActiveWindow
GetOpenFileName
GlobalAlloc
GlobalFree
GlobalSize

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See also MSDN article: Open and Save As Dialog Boxes.

OFN_NOCHANGEDIR flag is effective for Save As dialog only. It does not prevent the user from changing directories to find a file.

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