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Q253335: BUG: CE CommonDialog: ShowOpen Displays Only My Documents Files

Article: Q253335
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 1.0,2.11,3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbToolkit kbVBp600bug kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 26-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0, on platform(s):
   - Microsoft Windows CE version 2.11 for the Palm-size PC 
- Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic, version 3.0, on platform(s):
   - Microsoft Windows CE version 2.11 for the Palm-size PC 
   - Microsoft Windows CE Platform SDK for Pocket PC 
   - Microsoft Windows CE Platform SDK for Pocket PC 2002 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Open common dialog box displays files from the My Documents folder and its
sub-folders regardless of how the FileName or InitDir properties of the
CommonDialog control are set.

RESOLUTION
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To display the contents of a particular folder, use the FileSystem object.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Windows CE operating system on the devices listed above ignores the FileName
property and only respects the InitDir property if it is one of the "special"
folders like Templates, Business, or Personal.

Steps to Reproduce the Problem
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1. Create a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.

2. From the Project menu, choose Components, and then add the Microsoft CE
  CommonDialog Control 6.0 to the project.

3. Add a CommonDialog control to Form1.

4. Paste the following code into the General Declarations section of Form1:

  Private Sub Form_Activate()
      CommonDialog1.FileName = "\My Documents\Templates\To Do.pwi"
      CommonDialog1.Filter = "All Files|*.*"
      CommonDialog1.ShowOpen
  End Sub

5. Run the application, targeting the remote device.

The result is that the Open dialog box displays all files from the My Documents
folder and its sub-folders. The expected behavior is for the Open dialog box to
display files in the Templates directory.

Additional query words: wce vbce vbce6 eVB

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Keywords          : kbToolkit kbVBp600bug kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbWinCETKVBSearch kbWinCESearch
Version           : :1.0,2.11,3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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