The CommonDialogs represent Microsofts attempt at standardizing the most commonly used dialogs.

The Common Dialogs are:

  • FileOpen
  • FileSave
  • ChooseColor
  • ChooseFont
  • OpenFolder
  • Print
  • PageSetup
  • Find/Replace

Why use Common Dialogs?

  • InputBox is tedious
  • Avoid typos
  • Checks for existing files,folders etc. are handled by the Api
  • creating dialogs takes time
  • ...

The following examples illustrate how to use them.

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