How to display at design time an Open dialog when an item is clicked in the Properties window?

February 15th, 2012 - 09:30 pm ET by Paulo | Report spam

Hello,

I wrote an OCX with a LoadBitmap method that allows to load of BMP, PNG and
JPG graphics at run time. Recently I added to the UserControl a Bitmap
property such as the Pitcture property of a PictureBox control that enables
the addition of BMP and JPG graphics at design time but not PNG files
because they are not available in the dropdown list of file types, and the
VB6 automation doesn't support this type of graphics.

The question is:
Is it possible to popup an Open dialog with the file types I want when the
Bitmap property is clicked in the Properties window of the IDE?

Thank you in advance for any advice or example.

Paulo
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#6 Paulo

February 17th, 2012 - 06:22 pm ET | Report spam

Thanks Eduardo,
I will try the way you pointed. I didn´t know it.

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#7 Paulo

February 17th, 2012 - 06:31 pm ET | Report spam

Eduardo wrote:
You can show a common dialog without using the VB's one, just by code, to
avoid adding a dependency.

Hi Eduardo,

Yes, I can use the GetOpenFileName API directly form the comdlg32.dll
avoiding the COMDLG32.OCX dependency.

Thanks again.

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