Common Dialog: Selecting fonts as regular files

[randem]

I am having trouble attempting to use the Common Doialog control to select font files. It will not let me select them. I don't want it to treat the files as fonts but as regular files that can be selected. how can I do this?

If I change my filter to use

F.CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlOFNHideReadOnly + cdlOFNPathMustExist + cdlOFNNoReadOnlyReturn + cdlOFNAllowMultiselect + cdlOFNLongNames + cdlOFNExplorer
F.CommonDialog1.Filter = "Fonts |*.ttf"

I cannot select the font files even though the control will show them. But if I change the filter to

F.CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlOFNHideReadOnly + cdlOFNPathMustExist + cdlOFNNoReadOnlyReturn + cdlOFNAllowMultiselect + cdlOFNLongNames + cdlOFNExplorer
F.CommonDialog1.Filter = "Fonts |*.*"

It still will not let me select the font files, but I can select any other type of file.

[jcis]

As the Cd autoexecutes the font instead of getting the Font name, i think the easiest solution would be creating your own MsgBox, like..

    Dim Str As String

    Str = Dir("C:\windows\fonts\*.*", vbNormal)
    While LenB(Str)
        List1.AddItem Str
        Str = Dir()
    Wend

This example es too basic but i think you get what i meant.

[randem]

Yeah, I was trying to avoid that... Oh well I guess I cannot.