OpenFileDialog for folders?

Printable View

Mar 18th, 2004, 11:18 AM
salvelinus

OpenFileDialog for folders?

I want to use the OpenFileDialog to select a folder, rather than an actual file. The folder name would then be used elsewhere in the app. Is this possible? I set the filter to "", but no luck, that opens the actual folder and shows all files. I can get the folder names and display them in a combo box, but I want this function on the menu. I suppose a menu click could bring up a list box, but can it be done through the OpenFileDialof?
Thanks.
Mar 18th, 2004, 05:34 PM
Mike Hildner

You may want to use the FolderBrowserDialog instead.
Mar 19th, 2004, 10:43 AM
salvelinus

Thanks for the idea, hadn't heard of it before. But everything in Help says

Quote:

This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

So is it ok to use? There's not much in Help on actuallu using it.
Mar 19th, 2004, 11:03 AM
Mike Hildner
hmm - have not read that and don't quite understand it, of course, I had a few too martinis last night. This code seems to work fine:
VB Code:
```
FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog()
        MessageBox.Show(FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath)
```
Mar 19th, 2004, 04:52 PM
pax

1 Attachment(s)

Hi.

The FolderBrowserDialog is only available in VS 2003.

If you are using 2002 then you have to do some extra work.

Search MSDN, there's an example somewhere around there.

Or you can use this class, as is.
Mar 21st, 2004, 09:21 AM
salvelinus

Thanks to both of you, I'll check that out. I am using 2002. It's not a critical issue, just a nice added feature. Actually, the more I get to know the users, the farther I want to dumb down the program. I don't expect them to know coding, but when they can't answer a question like "What button do you click to print your report?" in an Access form, I just shake my head in frustration, a cousin to apathy.
Mar 22nd, 2004, 07:18 AM
taxes

Hi,

"I don't expect them to know coding, but when they can't answer a question like "What button do you click to print your report?" in an Access form, I just shake my head in frustration, a cousin to apathy."

That's the price of progress:(

In pre Windows days (MS Dos) we had to provide all our own menu options, so applications usually consisted of a series of "Menus" with the text uniquely designed for that application. e.g. in the case you quote

"Select 1 to Print Report"

Someone has the signature something like

"Every time I write an idiot-proof program, someone produces a better idiot"

There is no argument with that:eek: