Dialog Widget with "Browse file path" button

I want to be able to browse to a file and register the resulting path, all from a dialog widget. How can I do this?
Is there a way of calling the standard windows file browser from a button, to then return the APath?
Thanks

No one an idea? Especially for the "Browse file" dialog?

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Solved!
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TheLT,
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6. If the slected file does not contain the "endheader" string, the program will never stop. Add a test for EOF to stop the program if the End of File is reached without finding the flag.
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