*Resolved*In my series of simple questions on VB.Net, Heres another one

In VB6 we had the combination of drive + dir box, hey I do not want to use the compatibility.VB6

thingy...I just want to know the equivalent in .NET...anyone?

Do you mean the .NET equivilant of the shBrowseForFolder class?

hi Cander,

Forgive me for ignorance, but I am not sure what do you mean by shBrowseForFolder ...I dont think I have come across it in .NET yet or maybe VB6
But it did give me a start.

Here's the code of what I was trying to achieve:

Code:

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Set s = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
s.browseforfolder Me.hWnd, "Please choose folder:", 0
Set s = Nothing

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This displays the choose folder thingy even in .NET,however I have no idea how to get the return

value( the folder selected).

The browseforfolder, I did get in object browser - under Shell32.shell but have no knowledge, how

to use it in VB through early binding (dim x as something)

Also, if you remember you suggested it to me once that I shd use the object browser like a huge

search engine - however just like this example - Even if I find something in it , I do not

actually understand - how to use it in code - the help files associated in .NET documentation

also arent much useful, I mean atleast I cant find what i am looking for.

Also , I hope you wont mind looking at this thread as well.
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=190432

Code:

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Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Windows.Forms.Design

Public Class BrowseForFolder
                Inherits FolderNameEditor
        Dim fBrowser As FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser
        Dim fDir As String
       
        Public Sub New()
                fBrowser = new System.Windows.Forms.Design.FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser()
        End Sub
       
        Public Function ShowIt(ByVal textdescription As String) As DialogResult
                fBrowser.Description = textdescription
                Dim res As DialogResult = fBrowser.ShowDialog()
                fDir = fBrowser.DirectoryPath
                return res
        End Function
       
        Public Property Directory As Sting
                        Get
                        return fDir
                End Get
        End Property
End Class

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add a refernce to System.Design.dll for this to work

to use...

Dim fBrowse As BrowseForFolder = new BrowseForFolder()
If fBrowse.ShowIt("Select a directory to extract to.") <> DialogResult.Cancel Then
MessageBox.Show(fBrowse.Directory)
End Id

hoya, thanks a lot cander.

But shdnt that be complete spoon feeding me:D

Really cant get a hang of VB7

I wouldnt call it spoon feeding..Actually it took me a LONG time to figure that out..it wasnt documented and I had to play around with it.

I originally wrote it in C# and quickly trasnfered it to VB, so I hope that works right!

Thats mean you are well-versed with C# as WELL

Quote:

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Originally posted by veryjonny
Thats mean you are well-versed with C# as WELL

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Pretty much yeah. I find it very useful to know both C# and VB. That way, when I need to find some sample code, no matter wether it is C# or VB .NET, I can understand it.

;)

I am not sure if this is what you want, but you can still get those controls in your toolbox by right clicking it, then selecting customize toolbox. The .Net tab has the drive list box and folder listbox in there.

Again, I didn't go through this whole post, just thought I would throw that out.

Thanks for the post - I was looking for .NET equivalent rather than VB6 compatibility one.

But the post by Cander did the needful.