Thanks for the reply.

Is this the same thing? Are they functionally identical? Is Getfile() a VFP wrapper for the common dialog control?

Mike

>See GETFILE() function.
>
>>Hi All,
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>>I have in the past used the MSCommon Dialog control in my VFP forms and it works very well. Now I want to use it without placing it on a form. How do I apply the VFP command "CREATEOBJECT()" to make an open file dialog object?
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>>TIA
>>
>>Mike