Browse for File and get FileName [RESOLVED by MrPolite]

[~*McoreD*~]

Hi there guys,

I am in a desperate need to get to know the code for the following situations:
I got 1 and 3 already, but I am struggling at 2 and 4.

1. browse for folder and get folder path

MsgBox(FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath)

2. browse for folder and get folder name

MsgBox "Go to [url]www.vbforums.com[/url]"

3. browse for file and get file path

MsgBox(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)

4. browse for file and get file name

MsgBox "Go to [url]www.vbforums.com[/url]"

Appreciate your time,
Thank you,
McoreD

[MrPolite]

use System.IO.Path

io.Path.GetDirectoryName gets the foldername
IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension or IO.Path.GetFileName to get the file name


for example, io.path.getdirectoryname( FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath)

[~*McoreD*~]

Hi MrPolite,

Thank you for the prompt reply.

With your code I was able to get the File Name perfectly.

4. browse for file and get file name

txtFileName.Text = IO.Path.GetFileName(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)

For the Directory name however, I had to change GetDirectoryName to GetFileName (very strange) in order to get the Directory Name.

2. browse for folder and get folder name

txtRemotePath.Text = IO.Path.[b]GetFileName[/b](FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath)

Thank you very much for your help.
McoreD

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by ~*McoreD*~

txtRemotePath.Text = IO.Path.[b]GetFileName<b>Hi MrPolite, 
 
Thank you for the prompt reply. <img src="images/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Smilie" class="inlineimg" />
 
With your code I was able to get the File Name perfectly. 
 
4. browse for file and get file name
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For the Directory name however, I had to change GetDirectoryName to GetFileName (very strange) in order to get the Directory Name. 
 
2. browse for folder and get folder name 
</b>(FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath)

Thank you very much for your help.
McoreD [/B]

umm there is one big problem with all these functions and I hate that: some of them return the path ending with a "\" and some dont... I guess your path didnt end with a "\" and that's what GetDirectoryName didnt work.... I'll look into it


edit: umm nm seems like my mistake. Just one thing to be aware of though. If your path ends with a "\", GetFileName will not return the directory name, but will return an empty string. But I don't think you need to worry about this, because the FileBrowserDialog will not return a path ending with a "\", except when you choose a root path (ie if you choose drive C it will return "C:\" but if you choose the windows directory it would return something like "C:\windows")