[SOLVED] Question about Common Dialog

Hey Guys
I have question about common dialog ,
I use one as open file dialog to open pictures ,
the thing is the pictures sometimes be big in size and take time to be drawn to the picturebox (may be in some cases 3-5 seconds) , so , is there any chance that I can make the dialog box disappear while it open the picture selected , not waiting for opening the pic then disappear????

It's always a good idea to show your actual code but since you did not try the following:

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim strFileName As String

On Error GoTo ErrHandler

    With CommonDialog1
        .Filter = "Pictures (*.bmp;*.jpg;*.gif)|*.bmp;*.jpg;*.gif"
        .Flags = cdlOFNExplorer
        .CancelError = True
        .ShowOpen
        strFileName = .FileName 'assign file name to a variable
    End With
   
    DoEvents 'pass control to os
    Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(strFileName) 'finally load your image file
   
    Exit Sub
   
ErrHandler:
    Err.Clear

End Sub

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thanks RhinoBull for helping , my code was the same as yours but without DoEvents :)
cheers

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