Browse Directories To Save A File
Nov 15, 2011I am writing a program that should allow the user to press a browse button to browse their directory and save a text file with the form information they wrote in.
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View 1 RepliesI need code that will allow the user to do the following:
Select a browse button and choose the folder they want to save a file once the exe file at the end of the program runs Display the folder location the user selected in the textbox next to it
Basically this is a save dialog box but since this is a web application and not a web form I can not use the dialog boxes.
Here is the code I have so far
Protected Sub Browse_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Browse.Click
Dim FilePath As String = ("C:UsersPublicDocuments")
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I need code that will allow the user to do the following:
1. Select a browse button and choose the folder they want to save a file once the exe file at the end of the program runs
2. Display the folder location the user selected in the textbox next to it Basically this is a save dialog box but since this is a web application and not a web form I can not use the dialog boxes.
Protected Sub Browse_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Browse.Click
Dim FilePath As String = ("C:UsersPublicDocuments")
Dim targetFile As System.IO.FileInfo = New System.IO.FileInfo(FilePath)
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I'm trying to create an application that browses to a certain directory, then the user chooses the specific file to save, then saves the file to a USB drive. So far I am stuck at the OpenFileDialog piece. How do I pass the variable of what the user selects to the savedialog?
View 10 RepliesI've tried my.settings examples and the arn't working such as:
Private Sub Main_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Try
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im using form with browse button and openfileDialog as a browse function how do i get it to return the full path of the image selected to a varibal EG File then a textbox on form EG txt_pic.txt = File also how can i set it so it only allows images EG jpg bmp png gif and ico and nothing else then how would i code it so it adds the image selected to the Resorces folder so it can be used again with out browsing for it i also want a combobox that displays all images in the resorce folder?
View 7 RepliesI would like to restrict what they see in the file upload dialog, which is set to "All Files" by default. I understand how to validate that they only uploaded a certain file type, that is not the question here. I would just like to know how to default the file type in the file selection dialog.
Is there any way to change this to "PNG only" or "*.png"?
This is using AsyncFileUpload in the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.
This is currently the code I am using.
Dim fileList As Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection(Of String) = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(FolderDialog1.SelectedPath, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly)
For Each topLvlFile As String In fileList
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The above code reads all the files & directories in a selected path. It ignores any hidden folders, like it suppose to. Except it doesn't ignore folders inside of the hidden folders that it finds & I need it to.I can't quite wrap my head around how to make it ignore all folders & files inside of a hidden folder that it find.
how to create a "save as" button that opens a windows browse window.exactly the same as any windows program would.it needs to save an empty .txt file of the users choice of name and location.also need to automatically put the file location + name into a textbox on the form after theyve saved it.eg.. C:/files/msdn/pleasehelp.txti
View 2 RepliesIs it possible to browse a zip file and search for a specified file?
Do I need to extract it, and if I do, how would I do it, and then find the specified file, and delete what was just extracted?
how can i specify dynamically by using open file dialog box
View 1 RepliesAt this point my program needs to load two files from excel which I have done manually in the code: Private Sub Excel_Load_L_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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where the user has to find the file path personally. In short no idea how to make that transition, any thoughts or suggestions of things to look into?
i want to learn how to open file using vb.net that should find the drive C or D. and in the reference what should i do 1st... and do you have any sample code...even it is not perfect attest i have an idea if what should i do..
View 10 Repliesif we need to browse a file from a open file option than how to select a file from the open option and only name of the file should be written on the button and by clicking on the button u should be able to open file the file can be .exe, .doc and any type of file
View 1 RepliesIn a VB.NET Windows Forms application how do I add the capability for someone to click a button or image and open a file browser to browse to a file and assign it's path to a variable so I can copy that file to another specific path?
View 2 RepliesImports System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult
Imports System.io
Dim DirectoryBrowser As System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
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I want a code that when I press a button, it will allow me browse for an excel file that the content of the excel file will be displayed in a datagridview for me to click an "upload"button to insert into my database directly. Am using VS 2010 visual basic
View 2 Repliesit seems so simple but i cannot find the answer. I have a menu strip item (open...). and I have a RichTextBox1. I need to open *.txt and have it displayed in RichTextBox1. Currently I have no code behind 'open...'
View 1 RepliesIs there a way to get the select file dialog box open and putting the location of the file into a textbox without ever uploading the file?
ETA I'm using VB.NET in a web page. By using the asp:fileupload tag I can get the file location
_fudFileLocation.PostedFile.FileName_
But how do I prevent the file from being uploaded at all. We don't need it, just the file location. (The files are on a shared drive so if it's M:documents odayslunch.pdf for person A, it's the same for person B.)
how to browse to the specified file on a PC using network done by programmatically? What i mean is a program that can execute the following task:
normally we press WIndow + R (keyboard) to start command prompt. When try browse to other pc we simply key in friendPC. So the window will prompt for username and password to access the pc on the network.so programmatically, how to do this? so that when user click my button, let say btnBrowse, it will straighaway direct the user to the prompt window(username and password)? of cource, this prompt will be base on the permisson set at the destination pc.
i am creating a application to sign an pdf document..i am stuck at one place..i want the user to browse for all pdf file in the directory and display the selected pdf file from a specific folder in a "checklistbox"...he should be able to select multiple file or a specific folder from which all the pdf file must get listed in checklistbox......
View 19 RepliesI need to aquire the full path and filename of a file to add them to a database. I'm currently using OpenFileDialog and in debug it shows that when I select a file, the Filename property is the files full path with the filename. What is the best practice for extracting the full path from FileName?
View 2 RepliesI am wondering how you would go about coding a VB Project with a File Dialog box or something to that affect that could be used to have users select programs that are already on their desktop and move the icons and the program names into my application. I am sort of going for a File Program Popup Box that prompts the users to check off certain programs they want to add to my VB Application or to show a list or programs on their desktop. Is there anyway to complete this task with Visual Basic?
View 8 RepliesI'm trying to build a simple FTP uploader. How can I make it so the user can select a file to upload? See, what I want is to have a button (which I do) that a user can click, and it shows the OpenFileDialog (which I have), but then when they select a file, I want its path to be shown in a text box.
View 4 Replieshere in the below coding i cant able to view the (.rtf) and (.doc) files so kindly guide me with below coding
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
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board looking for some help with a project that I am working on. My project is an app that help get rid of allot of the manual work I have to do at work. I am working on a browse file button that displays the Folder path and file name. I have been searching but have not quite got it Right. here is what I have so far.
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim folder As New OpenFileDialog
Dim result = folder.ShowDialog
If folder.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Me.TextBox1.Text = folder.ShowDialog
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it just creates 1 folder but not other folders with in folder.
I need a code. How i can to verify if files of txt exist ? I have a txt file with a directory on each line and I want to verify for all of them. Example:
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I want to make a browse button. When I click on it a window will appear to browse everywhere in my computer to select an item. That item calls .map, I don't have an idea how I can do this
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