Frank O's CommonDialog Class & MaxFileSize

Hi All

I'm using Frank's excellent class routine in multi file select mode.
Initially the line below was 256, which allowed only about half a dozen
files to be selected in one go.

I've upped it to 1024 & ran it a couple of times - it works fine, but just
to be sure, I want to check if there's anything I should be aware of.

Does it need to be in multiples of 256?

Private Sub Class_Initialise()
mvarMaxFileSize = 1024 ' DOES THIS CAUSE A PROBLEM?
mvarFileName = String(mvarMaxFileSize, 0)
End Sub

Another Q:
The returned files are out of order: when using the shift key the first
selected is listed last & last selected is first.
The rest in the middle are in order.
Is this consistent? If it is I can work around it, or is there a way to
solve it?

Cheers
TIA
Dave F.

 

No. That property sets the size of the internal string buffer used to return
the selected file names to you. You can set it to whatever you like.

This behavior stems from the API itself.

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Thanks Frank,

One more Q:
Is there a way to set it dynamically once I know the length of the returned
string?

TIA
Dave F.

 

No. An improperly sized buffer will yield truncated results if not just
plain 'ol garbage.

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