Vb6: Selecting a file to later be used via a browse button

Question

Here's my code (note that this was given by a friend):

Private Sub Browse_Click()
   Dim textfile As String
   textfile = Space(255)
   GetFileNameFromBrowseW Me.hWnd, StrPtr(sSave), 255, StrPtr("c:\"), 
      StrPtr("txt"), StrPtr("Apps (*.txt)" + Chr$(0) + "*.txt" + Chr$(0) +
      "All files (*.*)" + Chr$(0) + "*.*" + Chr$(0)), StrPtr("Select File")
      Text1 = Left$(textfile, lstrlen(textfile))
End Sub

Basically later on I edit the text file selected so later I call it just by using textfile in my function. However I get a path not found so I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Thanks in advance.

Edit: All I want to do is select a text file, then later be able to call it and use it.

Answer 1

Maybe sSave contains a pathname, but textfile contains 255 spaces.

Answer 2

Isn't this functionality provided by "Common Dialog Controls" in VB6?

My VB6 is a little rusty but basic dialog to choose a file is provided already.
Tools -> Controls -> Microsoft Common Dialog Controls v....

Also, your call to GetFileNameFromBrowseW doesn't include reference the variable - textfile

Answer 3

Replace sSave with textfile. When you later need to refer to the file picked, use Text1 (presumably a VB textbox control so Text1 alone is implicitly calling Text1.Text, .Text being the VB.Textbox's default member).

Answer 4

As shahkalpesh mentioned, you can access this functionality simply using a standard COM library.

In VB6, add the component:

• Project > Components
• On the Controls tab, choose Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0 (SP6)

Now on your form, add the new Common Dialog control from the toolbox

In code, you need:

CommonDialog.Filter = "Apps (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*"
CommonDialog.DefaultExt = "txt"
CommonDialog.DialogTitle = "Select File"
CommonDialog.ShowOpen

'The FileName property gives you the variable you need to use
MsgBox CommonDialog.FileName

Answer 5

From here

I found this code and ran it.

Private Const VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2
Private Type OSVERSIONINFO
    dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
    dwMajorVersion As Long
    dwMinorVersion As Long
    dwBuildNumber As Long
    dwPlatformId As Long
    szCSDVersion As String * 128
End Type
Private Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetVersionExA" (ByRef lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long
Private Declare Function GetFileNameFromBrowseW Lib "shell32" Alias "#63" (ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal lpstrFile As Long, ByVal nMaxFile As Long, ByVal lpstrInitialDir As Long, ByVal lpstrDefExt As Long, ByVal lpstrFilter As Long, ByVal lpstrTitle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetFileNameFromBrowseA Lib "shell32" Alias "#63" (ByVal hwndOwner As Long, ByVal lpstrFile As String, ByVal nMaxFile As Long, ByVal lpstrInitialDir As String, ByVal lpstrDefExt As String, ByVal lpstrFilter As String, ByVal lpstrTitle As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2001
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: [email protected]
    Dim sSave As String
    sSave = Space(255)
    'If we're on WinNT, call the unicode version of the function
    If IsWinNT Then
        GetFileNameFromBrowseW Me.hWnd, StrPtr(sSave), 255, StrPtr("c:\"), StrPtr("txt"), StrPtr("Text files (*.txt)" + Chr$(0) + "*.txt" + Chr$(0) + "All files (*.*)" + Chr$(0) + "*.*" + Chr$(0)), StrPtr("The Title")
    'If we're not on WinNT, call the ANSI version of the function
    Else
        GetFileNameFromBrowseA Me.hWnd, sSave, 255, "c:\", "txt", "Text files (*.txt)" + Chr$(0) + "*.txt" + Chr$(0) + "All files (*.*)" + Chr$(0) + "*.*" + Chr$(0), "The Title"
    End If
    'Show the result
    MsgBox sSave
End Sub
Public Function IsWinNT() As Boolean
    Dim myOS As OSVERSIONINFO
    myOS.dwOSVersionInfoSize = Len(myOS)
    GetVersionEx myOS
    IsWinNT = (myOS.dwPlatformId = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)
End Function

From what I can tell you GetFileName function looks right so my guess the problem is with this

Text1 = Left$(textfile, lstrlen(textfile))

Use this to check

MsgBox "(" & Text1 & ")-(" & textfile & ")"

to make sure you are getting the expected result from Left$ and lstrlen