This thread is for discussions of Common Dialog Control.

Is there a way to make it display files in a preselected directory?  In a program I am making I would like for people to only open a file in a certain directory.  I do not want the common dialog to default to their desktop but to a folder in the applications folder.

Thank you,
Joel Strellner

if you are using the common dialog control in your app then you can set the initdir property to the folder you want the dialog to default to.

I think you may need to check the file selected to ensure that it was chosen from the path that your trying to restrict to.

Thanks.

I have decided to do it a different way though.  I am now using a Tree view to list all files in the directory.  It allows a much better interface for what I am trying to accomplish.

I do have a new problem though.  The main function of the form (frmNewTemplate) is to open a file an put the contents into a rich textbox on the main form (frmMain) but it doesn't seem to be working.  If I put a RichTextBox on the frmNewTemplate it is able to open the file and put it into the RichTextBox correctly but when I change it to be placed into the frmMain it doesn't update the RichTextBox.

Do have any ideas on how to pass the information from frmNewTemplate to frmMain?

I have included the code below.  Again it works until the part of updating frmMain.

Code:

OpenPath = App.Path & "\templates\"

OpenFileWName = TreeView1.SelectedItem

If OpenFileWName = OpenPath Then
MsgBox "You can not select a directory.  Please select a template file."
Else
Open OpenPath & OpenFileWName For Input As #1
   Do Until EOF(1)
   Line Input #1, lineoftext$
       If frmMain.RichTextBox1.Text = "" Then
       alltext$ = lineoftext$
       Else
       alltext$ = alltext$ & vbCrLf & lineoftext$
       End If
   frmMain.RichTextBox1.Text = alltext$
   Loop
Close #1

'Unload Me
End If

Thank you in advance for any help that you or anyone else may provide.

Joel Strellner

is there a way of getting just the path of the file this way, without the file name in it?
E.G. if i open
C:\Windows\Wini.ini
can i get the program to read just
C:\Windows
from that?

Code:

OpenPath = App.Path & "\templates\"

OpenFileWName = TreeView1.SelectedItem

If OpenFileWName = OpenPath Then
MsgBox "You can not select a directory.  Please select a template file."
Else
frmMain.RichTextBox1.LoadFile OpenPath + OpenWFileName
'Unload Me
End If

And it should be as simple as that

Any idea on my problem? I posted it on here as darkwolf

Using the FileName (path) and FileTitle (filename) properties of the dialog control,
Code:

Dim FilePathOnly As String

FilePathOnly = Left(FileName, Len(FileName) - Len(FileTitle))
'or
FilePathOnly = Left(FileName, InStrRev(FileName, "\"))

'or if you use a scripting runtime
Dim fso As FileSystemObject

FilePathOnly = fso.GetPath(FileName)

Dear Sir

Thanks for you help and I like you way that you got it, but my questation is Can I use Common Dialog without use File Type? because I need only open folder without select file "Only Folder Path"

I know what you're thinking about. I have exactly the same problem. I don't know how to make Common Dialog Box show such window: http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7206/selectdirectorytt2.jpg