There are three possible reasons this isn't working:

* -- the timing of the changes you're trying to make

* -- the setting of SYS(2333)

* -- whether the specific properties you're trying to use actually work <g> or whether you'll have to the Flags property of the dialog instead.

YOu might want to take a look at the GetResourceLocation method of Cov_Engine, in the coverage files (XSOURCE.ZIP). That is the point at which Coverage decides (a) whether it's safe to use the common dialog or whether it needs to revert to native dialogs and (b) how to set all the options, re-set SYS(2333) if necessary, etc, if the common dialog is in use. It provides a good model for dynamic common dialog behavior.

There is one other contact point between cov_engine and the common dialog subclassed control(s) it uses -- the GetFontsFromUser -- but I gather you're interested in the filehandling specifically.

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