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Visual Basic 6 definition

Declare Function GetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (lpofn As OPENFILENAME) As Long

Visual Basic .NET definition

Declare Function GetSaveFileName Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetSaveFileNameA"(ByRef pOpenfilename As OPENFILENAME) As Integer

C# definition

[DllImport("comdlg32.dll", EntryPoint="GetSaveFileName")] public static extern int GetSaveFileNameA(ref OPENFILENAME pOpenfilename)

Description

GetSaveFileName opens the Save File common dialog dialog box. All of the settings for creating the dialog, as well as the data returned from it, are placed into the structure passed as lpofn. Note that this function does not actually save any file; it merely prompts the user for a file to save, and that filename is given to your program. GetSaveFileName Creates a Save dialog box that lets the user specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to save. System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog.ShowDialog Note   Dialog cannot be modified through a hook.

Return Value

If the user selects a file in the dialog box, the function returns a nonzero value. If an error occured, or if the user merely clicked Cancel, the function returns zero. Use CommDlgExtendedError to get the error code.

Parameters

lpofn The parameters used to open the dialog box. Also receives the returned filename and other information about what the user selected.

Further Information:

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