Woozle: New page: ==Overview== The Microsoft Common Dialog Control, shown as MSComDlg in an ActiveX browser, provides an API for many of the standard dialog boxes used in [[Microsoft Win...

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New page: ==Overview== The Microsoft Common Dialog Control, shown as MSComDlg in an ActiveX browser, provides an API for many of the standard dialog boxes used in [[Microsoft Win...

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==Overview==
The [[Microsoft Common Dialog Control]], shown as [[MSComDlg]] in an [[ActiveX]] browser, provides an [[API]] for many of the standard [[dialog box]]es used in [[Microsoft Windows]].

It is, however, not very well documented, and the ActiveX interface does not display the names of some of the crucial identifiers.
==Usage==
When you create a control of this type, the actual properties and methods are accessed via "ControlName'''.Object.'''MemberName".
==Properties==
* '''.Filter''': a delimited text string which specifies the filename filters to apply when displaying the file listing. The format is semicolons.
* '''.FileName''': returns the name(s) of the file(s) selected. If a single file was selected, it returns the [[filespec]]. If multiple files were selected, then it is a demarcated list within a single string; items are separated by a null character (Chr(0)):
** The first item is the full path to the directory occupied by the selected files
** Each subsequent item is a filename only, no path
===Formats===
====.Filter====
description|mask{{faint|[}}|description|mask{{faint|...]}}"
* Mask can be either a single wildcarded filemask (as used in DOS directory listings) or a list of masks separated by semicolons.
===Examples===
<vb>
Me.axCmnDlg.Object.Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*|Web Image Files (png/jpg/gif)|*.png;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif"
</vb>

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Woozle: New page: ==Overview== The Microsoft Common Dialog Control, shown as MSComDlg in an ActiveX browser, provides an API for many of the standard dialog boxes used in [[Microsoft Win...