Do you want to open the folder in an Explorer window, just like typing in C:\ in the Start/Run box? If so, all you need to do is the same thing, either using a Process object (VB.NET), or the other suggestion (VB6). Process.Start()[^] method RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

The following code will handle copying of any file extension. Dim FileDialog As New OpenFileDialog 'FileInfo class has Dim myFile as System.IO.FileInfo With FileDialog if .ShowDialog() = DialogResults.Ok then 'create FileInfo instance where .Filename is the fullpath of source 'file. For example: C:\Example.txt myFile = new System.IO.FileInfo(.Filename) 'FileInfo.Name property indicates the file name 'For example: If the source file is C:\Example.txt than the FileInfo.Name 'property is Example.txt myFile.CopyTo("D:\" & myFile.Name, false) 'syntax: FileInfo.CopyTo(destfilename as String, forceoverwrite as Boolean) End If End With I hope this makes sense :-D A.S.

Nguyen Dinh Quy wrote: e.g I need to display all the products that are in the XML file into the listbox for the user to choose from. I'm not sure if there is an easier way, but I tend to get a node collection with an XPath, then I build an arraylist of strings from that and bind that to the listbox. Nguyen Dinh Quy wrote: After creating a XML file, I need to add more products into the XML file If you load your XML file into an XmlDocument, this class has methods to create new nodes, which you can then modify and insert nto the document by finding the parent node and calling (from memory) appendchild. It's involved enough that I wrote a wrapper for it all for wdwj mag a few years ago, but in hindsight I don't use it, it's not that bad. Nguyen Dinh Quy wrote: my project is mainly about product inventory Don't you think a SQL database is a better choice than XML ? How will you do searches ? Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

You can extract the values from the excel file using following code: Private ds As DataSet Private myCommand As OleDbDataAdapter Private myConnection As OleDbConnection Private Sub FillDataSet() myConnection = New OleDbConnection( _ "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; " & _ "data source=E:\EmbedBday\Bday.xls; " & _ "Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;") If Not myConnection Is Nothing Then myCommand = New OleDbDataAdapter( _ "select * from [sheet1$A1:A35]", myConnection) If Not myCommand Is Nothing Then ds = New DataSet myCommand.Fill(ds) myConnection.Close() End If End If DataGrid1.DataSource = ds End Sub where "Extended Properties" refers to the MSExcel version on your system which is Excel 8.0 for version higher than Excel 97(inclusive). Lata Agrawal