Re: Display file properties from VB?

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:34:53 -0500, PeterD <peter2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
something that piqued my interest enough to reply with:

I'd like to display the properties of a file. A dialog just like in
Windows Explorer would be ideal, I hate to write any more code than
necessary! <g>

Any suggestions?

You can use the ShellExecute API to use the Windows dialog;
http://www.codeguru.com/vb/controls/vb_file/article.php/c3019/
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