Long Filenames?

[firemonke5]

Is there any way to have multiple file selection and have long filenames returned with the open dialog box?

CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlOFNAllowMultiselect + cdlOFNLongNames

[firemonke5]

this doesnt seem to be working for me, is it just me what could i be doing wrong

[HeSaidJoe]

Private Sub Form_Load()
'display the commondialog show open
On Error GoTo QuitNow:
CommonDialog1.InitDir = "C:\" 'set dir path
CommonDialog1.CancelError = True 'used in cancel code
CommonDialog1.Filter = "All files(*.*)|*.*" 'filter for all files
CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlOFNAllowMultiselect + cdlOFNLongNames
CommonDialog1.ShowOpen
'show files
QuitNow:
Exit Sub


End Sub

[Kevin Swanson]

The problem with this is that the filenames are delimited by spaces. This makes it difficult to separate the filenames (it is likely that you will run into a filename with a space in it).

If someone has a solution to this problem please help me out. It has me stumped right now.

[ycsim]

multi select file names separated by ;

[Kevin Swanson]

OK, I figured it out.

I am using API on Windows NT. API (WinNT) delimits with vbNull. Like this: "path(vbNull)filename1(vbNull)filename2(vbNull)..."

I think the delimiter varies with OS.

I will have to test my program on Win9x to see if the delimiter is the same.

All the documentation I read said that the MultiSelect was delimited by spaces.

Thank you.

[ycsim]

i think it is delimited by a ; semicolon..