Wayne, If they type (e.g.) *.* in the file name box, they get to see all files and can then select anything. I need to support a few (completely different) file types which are processed in different ways, but I do not want to allow the user to pick some rubbish instead. Ken
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Roser Sent: 04 August 2006 02:05 To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to limit user to "filter" file extensions I don't think they can see files that do not have the extensions you permit. If you set the FilterIndex property to Text|*.txt, they can only see txt files. I imagine that the only way they can see the other files is if you set one of your FilterIndex properties to Any|*.* Wayne (D6) Borland's Delphi Discussion List <[email protected]> on Thursday, 3 August 2006 at 8:27 p.m. +0000 wrote: >Folx, > >I'm sure I must be mssing something obvious here, since it sounds like >something I've done before.. > >In the file open dialog, how can I prevent the user selecting files >with extensions other than one of the two filter options I have >defined? > >Thanks, >Ken >_______________________________________________ >Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] >http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
