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File Dialog Box

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From: Michael Weiss
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 23:04
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I am looking to clean up a macro I wrote for Excel 4.0.  For some reason, the
guys in Redmond didn't put a "Create Directory" command in the File pulldown.
Sheesh.  So, I went ahead and built one.  The problem is, when I create a file
dialog box in Excel's dialog editor, it makes one in the Windows 3.0 style.
That is, directories and drives are in one list box, with brackets around each
name.  I want to create a file dialog box in the style of Windows 3.1.  That
is, I want a list box with the folder icons that contains directory names, and
a drop-down box with the drive names.

It seems that to do this would require a call to a dll.  The questions are as
follows:

1)  Which DLL, and what parameters/calls/etc. must be passed in?  Also, what
    parameters are passed back?
2)  Is it possible to use a dialog box without having a list of the files
    contained within the directory?  It's unnecessary under these circumstances
    so I'd just as soon do without it.
3)  If a dialog box such as is specified in Question 2 doesn't currently exist,
    can someone quickly and easily create one to sit in a DLL that I can use?
    If it takes forever and a day to create, let me know.  I won't ask for too
    much, I promise.
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Subject: File Dialog Box
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