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mphill
10-20-2008, 01:36 PM
I searched the forums but did not find a similar topic. I am using the common dialog box and trying to filter for files with a *.btb and *.wss extension. The dialog box still shows all the files and folders in that directory. Am I using the incorrect syntax for this filter?

With cdbDialog
.Filter = "*.btb, *.wss"
.ShowOpen
End With

jfournier
10-20-2008, 01:50 PM
This should work:

.Filter = "btb(*.btb)" & vbNullChar & "*.btb" & vbNullChar & "wss(*.wss)" & vbNullChar & "*.wss"

mphill
10-20-2008, 01:58 PM
Thanks for the quick response. It still displayed files with extensions other than those two.

Here is what I ended up using. Not quite what I wanted but it should work.

.Filter = "Blue Tops (*.btb)|*.btb|Wyoming Slope Stakes (*.wss)|*.wss"

shamsam1
10-20-2008, 10:24 PM
.Filter ="Blue Tops/Wyoming Slope Stakes(*.btp;*.wss)|*.btp;*.wss;"

mphill
10-21-2008, 07:27 AM
That is what I needed. Thanks shamsam1.