What is Open Axess? Windows 3.1 provides built-in support for Common Dialog Windows to perform operations such as File Open and File Save As from within an application. These Common Dialog Windows provide a consistent interface across all applications that use them. However, you still have to climb and descend directory trees and manually select drives or file types to locate the file or directory you want. Open Axess makes it easier to use the Windows 3.1 Common Dialog Windows for file selection by: 1. automatically remembering the last 5 Types, the last 5 Files, and the last 5 Directories used for each application. 2. allowing you to specify 5 additional Permanent Types, Files, and Directories. 3. allowing you to create and change to a new subdirectory from within a file selection Common Dialog Window. This capability allows you to create and change to a new subdirectory from within the Save As Dialog Window before saving a file. 4. allowing you to optionally display the following file properties at the bottom of the Common Dialog Window for a selected file: the file size in bytes, the date and time the file was last modified, and the file attributes: Read, Write, Archive, and Hidden. 5. making the above options available by attaching itself to the Control Menu of the Common Dialog Window.