commondialog.flags

on my win98 system, using vb6, if the commondialog.flags contains 512 to allow for multiple file selection in showopen, the showopen dialog box reverts to a win3.2 version with the 8.3 filenames. undoing flag 512 allows for a win98 version, alas with only single file functionality. what gives?

That will happen if you won't specify cdlOFNExplorer flag:

VB Code:

With CommonDialog1
    .Flags = cdlOFNAllowMultiselect Or cdlOFNExplorer
    .ShowOpen
End With

I've run into this problem before too. Fix:

VB Code:

CD.Flags = cdlOFNExplorer Or cdlOFNAllowMultiselect Or cdlOFNHideReadOnly

Note: cdlOFNHideReadOnly is not required.

Bah, you beat me Roy :)

OK, but I'm not competing. ;-)