Vbs open file dialog box windows 7

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The Microsoft Scripting Guys 8 7. Sign in to vote. Monday, July 19, PM. Mark the best replies as answers. Friday, July 23, AM. Have you tried this? Ensure that mscomdlg32ocx is registered for this to work. CommonDialog" With objDialog. Echo "You pressed 'Cancel' please try again. Quit Else WScript. Echo objDialog. FileName End If.

Tuesday, July 20, AM. I download the mscomdlg Any helps? Tuesday, July 20, PM. Monday, July 26, PM. And I have tried to register the mscomdlg Could you help me?

Wednesday, July 28, AM. Wednesday, July 28, PM. Hi LikeTocode, I think that if your vbs can work, you also should register the mscomdlg So,could you tell me how can you let your vbs work?

I will be very appreciate if you can help me. Saturday, July 31, AM. Hi LikeToCode, Thank you for your information. Now I can register the. And I run the vbs you write again after a system restart. Selecting a folder is more simple than selecting files. However only a single folder can be select within a single dialog window.

Opening files is much more simple as it usually involves a single file. The only difference between the behavior between Selecting and Opening files are button labels.

Saving a file is similarly easy, and also only the buttons are differently named. One of the common problems with working with the Application. FileDialog is setting multiple file filters. Below some common examples of how to do this properly. To add a filter for multiple files use the semicolor ; :. Be sure to clear your list of filters each time. The FileDialog has its nuisances and often filters are not cleared automatically. The following code example creates an OpenFileDialog , sets several properties to define the file extension filter and dialog behavior, and displays the dialog box using the CommonDialog.

ShowDialog method. The example requires a form with a Button placed on it and a reference to the System. IO namespace added to it. This class allows you to check whether a file exists and to open it. The ShowReadOnly property determines whether a read-only check box appears in the dialog box. The ReadOnlyChecked property indicates whether the read-only check box is checked.

Most of the core functionality for this class is found in the FileDialog class. Yes localizes the dialog's File Name , Open , and Cancel buttons. If the property is not set to RightToLeft. Yes , English text is used instead.

If you want to give the user the ability to select a folder instead of a file, use FolderBrowserDialog instead. Initializes an instance of the OpenFileDialog class. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box automatically adds an extension to a file name if the user omits the extension.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this FileDialog instance should automatically upgrade appearance and behavior when running on Windows Vista. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box displays a warning if the user specifies a file name that does not exist. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box displays a warning if the user specifies a path that does not exist. Gets or sets the GUID to associate with this dialog state. Typically, state such as the last visited folder and the position and size of the dialog is persisted based on the name of the executable file.

By specifying a GUID, an application can have different persisted states for different versions of the dialog within the same application for example, an import dialog and an open dialog. This functionality is not available if an application is not using visual styles or if AutoUpgradeEnabled is set to false.

Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Gets the custom places collection for this FileDialog instance. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box returns the location of the file referenced by the shortcut or whether it returns the location of the shortcut.

Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Gets or sets the current file name filter string, which determines the choices that appear in the "Save as file type" or "Files of type" box in the dialog box. Gets values to initialize the FileDialog.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box restores the directory to the previously selected directory before closing. Gets the file name and extension for the file selected in the dialog box. The file name does not include the path. Gets an array of file names and extensions for all the selected files in the dialog box.

The file names do not include the path. Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Help button is displayed in the file dialog box.