The common dialog has to be attached to a window, the following
code will work:

ox = createobject('form')
ox.addobject('oy','olecontrol',"MSComDlg.CommonDialog.1")
ox.oy.showopen()


>Can somebody please explain why the following does not work:
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>mycommondialog = createobject("MSComDlg.CommonDialog.1")
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>ok so far....
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>mycommondialog.showopen()
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>..whoops !!
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>Common Dialog returns "Out of memory", error.
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>I know I can use GetFile(), but I am having problems with it within an application where the _screen is invisible and no windows are present (don't ask..). The GetFile() dialog "window" appears as a tab on the task bar, but the actual window is no where to be seen.