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File Open Dialog

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thomasp@msala.net - 05 Aug 2005 09:26 GMT
I have a VB2005 program that has to import data from a 3.5 floppy drive and
USB drives.  I use a file open dialog to choose the file, works great.  The
problem occurs the next time I wish to open a file.  If the last import was
done from a floppy drive the program looks for a floppy drive first and if
it has been removed I get an error.  While I could just catch the error, I
would rather know how to avoid it.  Something similar happens with USB
drives, if I import from a USB drive, the USB drive cannot be safely removed
until the program is ended.  The initial directory of the file open dialog
is set to a C drive directory.  It just seems that the program is not
releasing the last used drive until the program is exited.  Can someone tell
me what I should do?

Thanks,

Thomas

       With dlgFileOpen
           .InitialDirectory = strAppPath & "Imports\"
           .Multiselect = False
           .Filter = strFilterExt
           .FileName = strDefaultFile
           .FilterIndex = 1
           .Title = strOpenTitle
           .ShowDialog()
       End With

       funGetFileName = dlgFileOpen.FileNames(0)
billr - 05 Aug 2005 15:05 GMT
use the following on your FileOpenDialog

.RestoreDirectory  = true

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