How to open the windows open file dialog in forms60

Hello to all
Please help have a form with a browse button.I need to open the windows open file dialog so the end user can search for a file.Can it be done with OLE or DDE package?
Any sample code is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

The options you are considering suggest that you are running client-server ( it really would help if people told us ),
If that is the case you can use the GET_FILE_NAME built in.
Bear in mind that oracle consider client server obsolete and this will not work the same on the web, although you can use webutil in later versions.
I hope forms product management notice what a high proportion of questions on this forum are about forms 6.

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