PATH.GetOpenFilename

filename = PATH.GetOpenFilename( FileFilter  AS STRING, 

                                 FilterIndex AS INTEGER, 

                                 Title       AS STRING, 

                                 MultiSelect AS INTEGER ) AS STRING

Creates and displays a Windows File Open dialog.  See windows documentation for detailed information regarding filters and dialog options.

Example:

DIM s AS STRING

$LIBRARY "MyBASIC2_ExtLib.dll"

s=PATH.GETOPENFILENAME( "AVI Files (*.avi)|*.avi|All Files (*.*)|*.*||", 2, "Hello", 0 )

PRINT "GetOpenFileName=";s,

PRINT "Drive =";PATH.SplitPath( s, 1 ),

PRINT "Folder=";PATH.SplitPath( s, 2 ),

PRINT "Name  =";PATH.SplitPath( s, 3 ),

PRINT "Ext   =";PATH.SplitPath( s, 4 ),

PRINT "Make Path: ";PATH.MakePath( PATH.SplitPath( s, 1 ),_

                                  PATH.SplitPath( s, 2 ),_

                                  PATH.SplitPath( s, 3 ),_

                                  PATH.SplitPath( s, 4 ) ),

PRINT "Make Path: ";PATH.MakePath( PATH.SplitPath( s, 1 ),_

                                  PATH.SplitPath( s, 2 ),_

                                  "",_

                                  "" ),

END