> PS: Maybe the wxwindows experience should tell us that what we are > looking for is impossible to reach? Maybe I am really too picky :) And Daan has confirmed what I had already thougt, i.e. that my professor has reasons to make us use MFC :PPPP The "file open" dialog IS native under wxwin/win32. Perhaps I'll reinstall windows98 just to test code portability, we'll see... V.