File Open/Find Window

Dear All,
I want to call the file open/find window of MS windows from the forms 6.0. Please help.................................

Create a Button Named Browse and Put When Button Pressed Trigger and write these code on When_Button_Pressed Triggers.
DECLARE
filename VARCHAR2(256);
the_command varchar2(2000);
BEGIN
filename:= GET_FILE_NAME
('C:\',File_Filter=> 'TXT Files (*.TXT)|*.TXT|');
:block3.file_name:=filename;
END;
Khurram Siddiqui ([email protected])

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