Thread: Dialog box

i have the code, all i want to do is link it with the open button. so when i click it, the dialog box appears, i want to do this because as soon as i run the program, the dialog box appears.

Respond to a BN_CLICKED notification which is sent to the button's parent in the form of a WM_COMMAND message. There are many examples of how to do this on this board but here it is again anyway:

Code:

case WM_COMMAND:
  {
  HWND hCntrl;
  WORD wID,wNotify;
  
  hCntrl=(HWND)lParam;
  wID=LOWORD(wParam);
  wNotify=HIWORD(wParam);
  
  if (hCntrl)
    {
    /*notification is from a control*/
    if (wNotify==BN_CLICKED)
      {
      /*the notification is a result of a button click*/
      if (wID==identifier_of_your_button
        {
        /*button click came from button with id of 
        identifier_of_your_button*/
        }
      }
    }
  }

where identifier_of_your_button is, unsurprisingly, the identifier of your button control.

Since you seem to be doing a lot with controls just now, msdn: Windows Controls should be of considerable use to you. Please take the time to study the sections on the controls you are currently using: buttons, edits, toolbars, statusbars.

I expect the msdn: common dialogs will prove useful, too.