i have a folder browse and say i aready have something in the textbox and i click cancel on the folder browse it deletes the text in the textbox. how do i stop this
Ummm . . . what?

Are you using a DirListBox control? Are you using the "click" event for the control to change the contents of the textbox?

I really want to help, but I need more info. Can you post your code or be a little more specific of exactly what is happening and how it is happening?