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The filter of common Dialog
- Thread starter kruxty
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Just use the following (or something similar):
Dim filtertext As String
filtertext = "Whatever filter you want to use"
CommonDialog1.Filter = filtertext
You can find the syntax in the Language (or Controls?) Reference or on MSDN.
Dim filtertext As String
filtertext = "Whatever filter you want to use"
CommonDialog1.Filter = filtertext
You can find the syntax in the Language (or Controls?) Reference or on MSDN.
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The common dialog filter is written as one string that has two parts to it that are separeted by a vertical line character. The string expression
Any Access Database|*.mdb
causes the phrase "Any Access Database" (the part to the left of the "|"
to appears as a prompt in the common dialog control at run-time, the phrase "*.mdb" (the part to the right of the "|" is the actual filter that would cause only files with [any filename and an extension of "mdb"] to appear as selectable files from whatever directory/folder has focus at run-time.
Hope this helps.
Any Access Database|*.mdb
causes the phrase "Any Access Database" (the part to the left of the "|"
to appears as a prompt in the common dialog control at run-time, the phrase "*.mdb" (the part to the right of the "|" is the actual filter that would cause only files with [any filename and an extension of "mdb"] to appear as selectable files from whatever directory/folder has focus at run-time.Hope this helps.
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