Dialog Multiselect Limit? 3

[jsmokey]

Hey,
Is there a limit to the number of items that can be multiselected in a dialog box. I was just wondering because i want it ot select like 300 items at a time so i wanted to be sure before i implemented it,

thanks

 

[DrJavaJoe]

The .MaxFileSize property limits the size of the filename in bytes and its maximum value is 32K so 300 should fit with no problem.


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[TipGiver]

Number of item <> File size, so this property should not fit. If you use the common dialog Open dialog, after clicking OK you can get the large filename and split it into a string array. Then, if UBound(arrayname)<=299 (or <300) it is ok and you can go on.

 

[strongm]

TipGiver, the .MaxFileSize property has got nothing to do with file size; it controls the size of the buffer in which the common dialog returns the selected filename(s). As DrJavaJoe points out, a 32K buffer should be more than sufficient to hold 300 filenames (unless, of course, all your filenames - excluding path, since that is held seperately - are more than about 105 or so characters long)