Adding Dialog Box control

You will not find the Common Dialog Box control on the toolbox. To add the control to the toolbox follow the following steps:

• Press Ctrl+T (shortcut key for Project, Components) to display the Components dialog box shown in the following figure:
  Figure 16.1
  
• Select the control labeled Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0.
• Click OK to add the control in your toolbox.

The following figure shows a Common Dialog Box control placed in the center of a form.

Figure 16.2

At run time, use the appropriate method, as listed in the following table, to display the desired dialog.

If you named a Common Dialog Box control dlgOpen, you can apply the ShowOpen method to display the Open dialog box.

dlgOpen.ShowOpen

You can use a single dialog box control in an application and apply different methods to it.