I included a "select file" button on a VBA form. The intent of the button is to allow the user to choose a PDF file to save to a specified directory. The URL of the PDF will then be stored in the attribute table of an associated feature class so the file can be accessed via a link in the identify window. I got this to work on my desktop, but it bombs when I try to run the procedure on other computers in my office. This is the sub that fires when the button is clicked:
Private Sub cmdSelectFile_Click()
Dim CDLG As Object
Set CDLG = CreateObject("MSComDlg.CommonDialog")
With CDLG
.DialogTitle = "Select a File"
.Filter = _
"PDF Documents|*.pdf"
.ShowOpen
m_strFileURI = .FileName
m_strFileName = .FileTitle
txtDocLink.Text = .FileTitle
End With
Set CDLG = Nothing
End Sub
It crashes on this line:
Set CDLG = CreateObject("MSComDlg.CommonDialog")
I'm guessing it runs on my desktop because I have Visual Studio installed, giving me license to use the library associated with the object. Is that close?
I've also attempted to use the GxDialog class, but I don't really like that solution, because there is not an ObjectFilter for PDFs. At least not one that I've found.
Can anyone suggest a solution, or a better way for me to do this? Thank you very much in advance! BTW, I'm running ArcGIS 9.3.1 SP1 on Windows XP SP2, and if I wasn't clear this is all in VBA just stored within the map document.
