CommonDialog Object

Contains all the methods that display a user interface (UI). The CommonDialog control is an invisible-at-run-time control that you can create using "WIA.CommonDialog" as the ProgID in a call to CreateObject or by dropping a CommonDialog object on a form.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the CommonDialog object.

Method	Description
ShowAcquireImage	Displays one or more dialog boxes that enable the user to acquire an image from a hardware device.
ShowAcquisitionWizard	Starts the Scanner and Camera Wizard.
ShowDeviceProperties	Displays the Properties dialog box for the specified Device.
ShowItemProperties	Displays the Properties dialog box for the specified Item.
ShowPhotoPrintingWizard	Starts the Photo Printing Wizard with the absolute path of a specific file or Vector of absolute paths to files.
ShowSelectDevice	Displays a dialog box that enables the user to select a hardware device for image acquisition.
ShowSelectItems	Displays a dialog box that enables the user to select an Item for transfer from a hardware device for image acquisition.
ShowTransfer	Displays a Progress dialog box while transferring the specified Item to the local computer.

Remarks

For example code, see Display all the Properties for the Selected Device in Shared Samples.

Object Information

CLSID	Not available
Minimum operating systems	Windows XP SP1

See Also

ShowAcquireImage, ShowAcquisitionWizard, ShowDeviceProperties, ShowItemProperties, ShowPhotoPrintingWizard, ShowSelectDevice, ShowSelectItems, ShowTransfer