>Whenever you run into a situation where you can't inherit from a class you have to create a wrapper class around it where you can inherit from - we've had to do this in many cases where we're using 3rd party product.

Could you give me an exemple of such an approach with the OpenFileDialog? I've done that in VFP but I am not sure about the proper approach in VB.NET.

Also, please, don't change the color and the syntax of the text you are replying to. This makes your messages extremely difficult to read.