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To have the Dialog box appear in the center of the screen like MsgBox, but have the option to position the window like you added for InputBox.

thanks,
beardboy

If all goes well, there will be at least one way to accomplish this in the next release:

GosubTimer, MoveDialog, 10 ; Autorun this subroutine every 10ms
FileSelectFile, SelectedFile
MsgBox, The user selected %SelectedFile%.
return

MoveDialog:
; System sometimes takes a while to display it, so keep trying:
IfWinNotExist, Select File - %A_SCRIPTNAME%, , return
; Otherwise:
GosubTimer, MoveDialog, Off ; Disable the timer.
WinMove, 0, 0 ; Move the "last found window" to upper-left.
return

Though admittedly adding some new position parameters to FileSelectFile (and perhaps MsgBox and FileSelectFolder) would make this easier to script. However, there's a trade-off since new parameters make the commands appear more complicated and cluttered in the documentation, so I'm on the fence (given how rarely these params would be used).

I always forget of other features that could make what I wanted possible. I can just WinMove the window to the place I want it.

thanks,
beardboy

That's a tempting thing to try, but it won't work unless you assign a hotkey to do the "moving" step separately. This is because the script's thread is stuck in the FileSelectFile command until the user makes a selection.

This same concept is what makes coding the move in C++ non-trivial. Fortunately, I think the framework is already there in this case.

If you haven't already found a way to do this, I think a timer can get it done like this: