Hi Kevin,

Open dialogs were standardized into Windows dialogs for Windows 2000 and higher in VFP8. And you are right, the help topic content is confusing; the change is inclusive of Win2K.

As to previewing, simply click on the View Menu button and choose "Thumbnails". There's your preview capability and this selection will stay this way since it's tied into the Windows Folder Options (see the Control Panel) for displaying files.




>In VFP 7, when I do
>

>_CLIPTEXT = GETPICT()
>

>I get the Open Picture dialog, which allows me to preview
>images and make a selection
>
>
>In VFP 8, when I do
>

>_CLIPTEXT = GETPICT()
>

>
>I get the Open FILE dialog. There is no place
>to preview the images.
>
>The help states:
>
>Note The Preview check box in the Open Picture dialog box appears when
>running Visual FoxPro on operating systems earlier than Windows 2000.
>
>The Preview feature is part of the Open Picture dialog box when running
>Visual FoxPro on operating systems later than Windows 2000
>
>I'm on Win 2000, and I'm not sure which of the 2 above applies. There is
>a BEFORE and AFTER clause, but no Win 2000.
>
>So, why can't I preview images?