Browse Button -> How? (1 Viewer)

Mario

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Quite Simple question: What is the command line to create a Browse button in Access 97? I did not find it yet.
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pdx_man

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Code:
Private Declare Function GetOpenFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias _
"GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Long

Private Type OPENFILENAME
    lStructSize As Long
    hwndOwner As Long
    hInstance As Long
    lpstrFilter As String
    lpstrCustomFilter As String
    nMaxCustFilter As Long
    nFilterIndex As Long
    lpstrFile As String
    nMaxFile As Long
    lpstrFileTitle As String
    nMaxFileTitle As Long
    lpstrInitialDir As String
    lpstrTitle As String
    flags As Long
    nFileOffset As Integer
    nFileExtension As Integer
    lpstrDefExt As String
    lCustData As Long
    lpfnHook As Long
    lpTemplateName As String
    
End Type

Function LaunchCD(strform As Form) As String
    Dim OpenFile As OPENFILENAME
    Dim lReturn As Long
    Dim sFilter As String

    OpenFile.lStructSize = Len(OpenFile)
    OpenFile.hwndOwner = strform.hwnd
'Filter for images
    sFilter = "All Files (*.*)" & Chr(0) & "*.*" & Chr(0) & _
      "JPEG Files (*.JPG)" & Chr(0) & "*.JPG" & Chr(0)
    OpenFile.lpstrFilter = sFilter
    OpenFile.nFilterIndex = 1
    OpenFile.lpstrFile = String(257, 0)
    OpenFile.nMaxFile = Len(OpenFile.lpstrFile) - 1
    OpenFile.lpstrFileTitle = OpenFile.lpstrFile
    OpenFile.nMaxFileTitle = OpenFile.nMaxFile
    OpenFile.lpstrInitialDir = "C:\"
    OpenFile.lpstrTitle = "Select a file ..."
    OpenFile.flags = 0
    lReturn = GetOpenFileName(OpenFile)
    If lReturn = 0 Then
        MsgBox "A file was not selected!", vbInformation, _
          "Select a file ..."
    Else
        LaunchCD = Trim(OpenFile.lpstrFile)
    End If

End Function

From your Browse button:
Filename = LaunchCD(Me)
 

Mario

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I didn't think it would require so much code. Thanks a lot. I appreciate.
 

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