Hi Peter,
That's not an answer to your question, but you mentioned you want to show icons for filenames. Check out IconBuddy class (the latest version from Frank Dietrich). Here is a code sample of using this class to display icons in the grid:
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1050005>Hi
>i need to display filenames on a screen with the capability of double clicking on the filename which in turn should open the file like outlooks attachment control
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>can that be done in VFP?
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