VB6 CommonDialog control.

The possible functions with Commond Dialog

The dialog> Open File
The dialog> Save as
The dialog> Print
The dialog> Selecting a police

Preliminaries
A form> Name = Dialog
A control CommonDialog> Name = CMDialog1

bouton1> Caption = Open File
Code in CommandX_Click ()> cmd_Ouvre Ret = ()> see rem for details.

bouton2> = Caption under Sauve
Code in Clic cmd_Ouvre Ret = ()

bouton3> Caption = Print
Code in CommandX_Click ()> cmd_Print Ret = ()

bouton4> Caption = Police
Code in CommandX_Click ()> cmd_Police Ret = ()

Standard module

Option Explicit

Public Filtre1 As String
Public Filtre2 As String
Public Filtre3 As String
Public Filtre4 As String
Public Filtre5 As String
Public Filtre6 As String
Public Filtre7 As String

Public Const DLG_FILE_OPEN = 1
Public Const DLG_FILE_SAVE = 2
Public Const DLG_COLOR = 3
Public Const DLG_FONT = 4
Public Const DLG_Print = 5
Public Const DLG_HELP = 6

'File Open / Save Dialog Flags
Public Const OFN_READONLY = & H1 &
Public Const OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = & H2 &
Public OFN_HIDEREADONLY Const = & H4 &
Public Const OFN_NOCHANGEDIR = H8 & &
Public Const OFN_SHOWHELP = & H10 &
Public Const OFN_NOVALIDATE = & H100 &
Public Const OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = & H200 &
Public Const OFN_EXTENSIONDIFFERENT = & H400 &
Public Const OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = & H800 &
Public Const OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = & & H1000
Public Const OFN_CREATEPROMPT = & & H2000
Public Const OFN_SHAREAWARE = & & H4000
Public Const OFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = & & H8000

'Color Dialog Flags
Public Const CC_RGBINIT = & H1 &
Public Const CC_FULLOPEN = & H2 &
Public Const CC_PREVENTFULLOPEN = & H4 &
Public Const CC_SHOWHELP = H8 & &

Fonts Dialog Flags
Public Const CF_SCREENFONTS = & H1 &
Public Const CF_PRINTERFONTS = & H2 &
Public Const CF_BOTH = H3 & &
Public Const CF_SHOWHELP = & H4 &
Public Const CF_INITTOLOGFONTSTRUCT = & H40 &
Public Const CF_USESTYLE = & H80 &
Public Const CF_EFFECTS = & H100 &
Public Const CF_APPLY = & H200 &
Public Const CF_ANSIONLY = & H400 &
Public Const CF_NOVECTORFONTS = & H800 &
Public Const CF_NOSIMULATIONS = & & H1000
Public Const CF_LIMITSIZE = & & H2000
Public Const CF_FIXEDPITCHONLY = & & H4000
Public Const CF_WYSIWYG = & H8000 & 'must also have CF_SCREENFONTS & CF_PRINTERFONTS
Public Const CF_FORCEFONTEXIST = & H10000
Public Const CF_SCALABLEONLY = & H20000
Public Const CF_TTONLY = & H40000
Public Const CF_NOFACESEL = & H80000
Public Const CF_NOSTYLESEL = & H100000
Public Const CF_NOSIZESEL = & H200000

'Printer Dialog Flags
Public Const PD_ALLPAGES = & & H0
Public Const PD_SELECTION = & H1 &
Public Const PD_PAGENUMS = & H2 &
Public Const PD_NOSELECTION = & H4 &
Public Const PD_NOPAGENUMS = H8 & &
Public Const PD_COLLATE = & H10 &
Public Const PD_PRINTTOFILE = & H20 &
Public Const PD_PRINTSETUP = & H40 &
Public Const PD_NOWARNING = & H80 &
Public Const PD_RETURNDC = & H100 &
Public Const PD_RETURNIC = & H200 &
Public Const PD_RETURNDEFAULT = & H400 &
Public Const PD_SHOWHELP = & H800 &
Public Const PD_USEDEVMODECOPIES = & H40000
Public Const PD_DISABLEPRINTTOFILE = & H80000
Public Const PD_HIDEPRINTTOFILE = & H100000

'Help Constants
Public Const HELP_CONTEXT = & H1 'Display topic in ulTopic
Public Const HELP_QUIT = & H2 'Terminate help
Public Const HELP_INDEX = & H3 'Display index
Public Const HELP_CONTENTS = & H3
Public Const HELP_HELPONHELP = & H4 'Display help on using help
Public Const HELP_SETINDEX = & H5 'Set the current index for multi index help
Public Const HELP_SETCONTENTS = & H5
Public Const HELP_CONTEXTPOPUP = & H8
Public Const HELP_FORCEFILE = & H9
Public Const HELP_KEY = & H101 'Display topic for keyword in offabData
Public Const HELP_COMMAND = & H102
Public Const HELP_PARTIALKEY = & H105 'call the search engine in winhelp

Function adds (a $) As String
If a $ <> "" Then a $ = $ + "|"
adds a $ =
End Function

'Call lines ...
'Filename = cmd_ouvre ()
'If 1 filter more>> cmd_ouvre Filename = ( "txt") <eg.
'If several filters, set the filters Filtre1 to 4
'routine adds filter all (*.*)
Function cmd_Ouvre (Optional Filt1 As String) As String
Sunday CTRL $, a $ b $ $ F1, F2 $ $ F3, F4 $
CTRL $ = $ Chr (13) + Chr $ (10)
If Filt1 <> "" Then
a $ = "File (*." Filt1 & & ") | *." & Filt1
End If
If Filtre1 <> "" Then
adds a $ = ($)
a $ = $ + "File (*." Filtre1 & & ") | *." & Filtre1
Filtre1 = ""
End If
If Filtre2 <> "" Then
adds a $ = ($)
a $ = $ + "File (*." Filtre2 & & ") | *." & Filtre2
Filtre2 = ""
End If
If Filtre3 <> "" Then
adds a $ = ($)
a $ = $ + "File (*." Filtre3 & & ") | *." & Filtre3
Filtre3 = ""
End If
If Filtre4 <> "" Then
adds a $ = ($)
a $ = $ + "File (*." Filtre4 & & ") | *." & Filtre4
Filtre4 = ""
End If
adds a $ = ($)
a $ = $ + "All (*.*) | *.*"
Dialog.CMDialog1.Filter a $ =
Dialog.CMDialog1.FilterIndex = 1
Dialog.CMDialog1.FLAGS = CF_EFFECTS But OFN_HIDEREADONLY But CF_ANSIONLY
Dialog.CMDialog1.Action = DLG_FILE_OPEN
cmd_Ouvre = Dialog.CMDialog1.FileName
Unload Dialog
End Function

Function cmd_Police ()
Dialog.CMDialog1.DialogTitle = "Selection police"
Dialog.CMDialog1.FLAGS = CF_WYSIWYG + CF_BOTH + CF_SCALABLEONLY
Dialog.CMDialog1.Action = DLG_FONT
Filtre1 = Dialog.CMDialog1.FontName
Filtre4 = Dialog.CMDialog1.FontSize
Filtre5 = Dialog.CMDialog1.FontBold
Filtre6 = Dialog.CMDialog1.FontItalic
cmd_Police = Dialog.CMDialog1.FontName
End Function

Function cmd_Print ()
Dialog.CMDialog1.FLAGS = PD_ALLPAGES
Dialog.CMDialog1.Min = 1
Dialog.CMDialog1.Max = 100
Dialog.CMDialog1.FromPage = 1
Dialog.CMDialog1.ToPage = 100
Dialog.CMDialog1.Action = DLG_Print
Unload Dialog
End Function

'Filt1 = extention file searching
'ex: TXT or EXE
'routine adds filter all (*.*)
Function cmd_SaveAs (Filt1 As String) As String
Filtre1 = "File (*." Filt1 & & ") | *." & Filt1
Filtre2 = "All (*.*) | *.*"
Dialog.CMDialog1.Filter = Filtre1 + "|" + Filtre2
Dialog.CMDialog1.FilterIndex = 1
Dialog.CMDialog1.FLAGS = OFN_HIDEREADONLY
Dialog.CMDialog1.Action = DLG_FILE_SAVE
cmd_SaveAs = Dialog.CMDialog1.FileName
Unload Dialog

End Function