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- Opendlg.vbx - A custom control which encapsulates the Common Dialog
- Open and Save As dialogs which come with Windows 3.1
-
- Opendlg.frm - A sample form which demonstrates the use of Opendlg.vbx
-
-
- BE AWARE, FREEWARE:
-
- You are free to make whatever use you want of OPENDLG.VBX. Naturally
- there is no waranty of any kind associated with this software, use
- at your own risk.
-
-
-
- ************************ OPENDLG CONTROL PROPERTIES ************************
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- Property Type Function
- ============== ====== ====================================================
- Filter String At the bottom-right of the Open and Save As Common
- Dialogs there is a drop-down listbox which allows
- the user to select what type of files to display
- in the 'File Name' combo-box.
-
- If the filter contains:
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- Write Files(*.WRI)|*.wri|Word Files(*.DOC)|*.doc|
-
- The 'File Name' box will display files having an
- extension of either 'wri' or 'doc'.
-
- If the filter contains:
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- A Files (*.A)|*.a|B Files(*.B)|*.b|C Files(*.C)|*.c|
-
- The 'File Name' box will display files having an
- extension of either 'a', 'b', or 'c'.
-
- FilterIndex Integer A filter string specifies one or more file types.
- The 'FilterIndex' property determines which file
- type will initially be presented in the 'File
- Name' combo-box. In the previous example a value
- of 3 for this property would open the dialog box
- with all files having the extension 'c'.
-
- File String When using the Open dialog this property will contain
- the full pathname of the user-selected file.
- When using the Save As dialog you may initialize this
- property with a default 'Save As' pathname.
-
- FileTitle String This property contains the filename part of the
- 'File' property.
-
- InitialDir String You may set this property to select the initial
- directory presented in the dialog box. If you do
- not set this property the current directory will
- be used.
-
- Title String The dialog box title defaults to either 'Open' or
- 'Save As', you may choose a different title for the
- dialog box by setting this property.
-
- DefaultExt String The 'Open' or 'Save As' dialogs append this string
- to the filename if the user fails to enter and
- extension.
-
- DoIt Bool Setting this property to TRUE invokes the dialog box,
- when the statement which sets this property completes
- the user will have closed the dialog box.
-
- CreatePrompt Bool Setting this property to TRUE causes the dialog box
- to generate a message box to notify the user when
- a specified file does not exist and to make it
- possible for the user to specify that the file
- should be created.
-
- HideReadOnly Bool Setting this property to TRUE hides the Read Only
- check box.
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- FileMustExist Bool Setting this property to TRUE specifies that the
- user can type only the names of existing files in
- the File Name edit control.
-
- OverwritePrompt Bool Setting this property to TRUE causes the Save As
- dialog box to generate a message box if the
- selected file already exists. The user must confirm
- whether to overwrite the file.
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- PathMustExist Bool Setting this property to TRUE specifies that the
- user can type only valid paths.
-
- FileOffset Integer After the dialog box exits this property contains
- a zero-based offset from the beginning of the path
- to the filename specified by the File property.
-
- ExtOffset Integer After the dialog box exits this property contains
- a zero-based offset from the beginning of the
- path to the filename extension specfied by the File
- property.
-
- ******************************** BUG FIXES *********************************
-
-
- I'll try to fix whatever problems are found with this control. Send
- your complaints to me at CompuServe 72060,3327 or
-
-
- Zane Thomas
- POB 300
- Indianola, WA 98342