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**OPENDIALOG(** //title, extensions// **)**

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| **OPENDIALOG** | Calls the Windows common Open File dialog. |
| //title// | A string constant containing the title to place on the file open dialog. |
| //extensions// | A string constant containing the available file extension selections for the List Files of __T__ype drop list. |

The **OPENDIALOG** //type// in a #PROMPT statement indicates the prompt's //symbol// must contain the name of the file selected by the programmer from the Open File dialog (see FILEDIALOG in the //Language Reference//). The file must already exist on disk.

**Example:**

**#PROMPT('Ask for File',****OPENDIALOG****('Pick File','Source|*.CLW')),%FileSymbol**