>Is there any way to invoke a FileOpen dialog (native VFP getfile(), CommonDialog ActiveX, Shell COM, or 3rd party product) where one can control the following properties of the file open dialog:
>
>- dialog autocentered
>- view menu mode (thumb, tile, icon, list, details)
>- column widths
>- dialog box size
>- column sort order
>
>Thank you,
>Malcolm


Hi Malcolm,

I agree with Christof. It is time consuming :)

I have a DLL in the download area that can control the position of the dialog (file #14876). However it only tested thoroughly under WinME and some small test under W2K. I'm not sure it will work under XP, because the Common Control Library has been changed. Also I used my own techniques instead of from MSDN.

For other things, I have been experiment with it. It already works but there is some unexpected behaviour. I think I'm going to reworks all of these from scratch (someday soon) and start create it from DialogTemplate, rather than controling (hook) the existing dialog

Regards