Customize OpenFileDialog To Select Folders Instead Of A File?
Jan 21, 2011
I have a VB/C# .NET 2.0 project that, if possible, I would like to customize the OpenFileDialog box to select a directory rather than a file. The reason for this is because the FolderBrowserDialog is ugly and a pain for most of my users to navigate using.
I know how to filter extensions using OpenFileDialog, but is there a flag or variable I can set that will allow me to only show directories and select those directories that is built into .NET? And if not, what is a good third party dialog to use/where should I begin if I am to create my own?
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Jul 21, 2011
I'm trying to get the path of a file or folder and return it as a string.
I can get it to work with just a file using or OpenFileDialog or just a folder using FolderBrowserDialog. [code]...
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Oct 16, 2011
I use OpenFileDialog to select a file to delete. I use [code] to delete the file. Now if i click "ok" it will delete the file. ace one. But if I click "Cancel" i get an error. [code]
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Dec 23, 2010
I am having a funny problem with OpenFileDialog that I just cannot solve. Using VB.NET 2008 Pro.
Problem: I run my program and click the menu item associated with this OFD and the OFD opens fine. When I select a file and click OPEN the dialog disappears then reappears. I click OPEN again and it disposes itself then loads the proper file into a form. The same thing happens with the CANCEL button as well.
Question: How do I go about coding the OFD to open a file that has been double clicked on thus bypassing dialogresult.OK . I can't seem to find an answer to this.
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Apr 24, 2012
I am writing an application that will use a OpenFileDialog control that will read a text file into memory and later process it.
I do have the following filter: Text files (*.txt)|*.txt|CSV files (*.csv)|*.csv|Spaced Text files (*.prn)|*.prn|All files (*.*)|*.*"
When I navigate to my test folder that contains a single .txt file, I see that file. When I change the filter to *.cvs that files goes disappears because it has a .txt extension. That is good. But when I select All files *.* it does not re appear? Why and how do I make it appear.
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Jun 22, 2011
I have a db, and one of the columns in my db is an attachment column. It stores the link to a pdf document. I want the user to be able to browse through folders and select the proper pdf file. And when the user finally hits the submit button on the form my algorithm should put the necessary link into my db. I'm just not sure how to do this with regard to VB searching and finding the file, and then using my SQL statement to insert the attachment into my db.
Here is my code so far.
Private Sub SearchFile_Button_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SearchFile_Button.Click
Dim saveFileDialog1 As New SaveFileDialog()
[CODE]...
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Jan 31, 2009
How can I make a program so you click a button and select a File using a OpenFileDialog and click send on your computer and it will send the file to a different computer and then a SaveFileDialog will show asking where to save the file on the other computer. Oh ya I cant use WinSock or whatever becuase im using Windows Vista 64 Bit. I need it because I for some reason cant use printer sharing. It might be because im on A 64bit Vista Machine and I want to print a file off of a 32bit XP Home Machine.
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Jul 11, 2011
Lets consider a text file stored in
C:New FolderSample.txt
Using openfiledialog box I will select Sample.txt, but how to select the path name, i.e.
C:New Folder
How to get C: New Folder
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Jul 9, 2010
i have a Openfiledialog1 and a Picturebox1 how can i select a image in the openfiledialog and when i press Ok or Open the image shows in the picturebox like a picture
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Feb 26, 2011
I made a program (As usual) that plays media files using the ax.interlop.wmp.dll (windows media player). I also made a listview on the form that has gridlines. i have a problem with my mutiselect feature though. it just adds the same filename for every file, but in the amount files (Ex: if there is 8 files, it adds the name of the first one 8 times) i just want it to add every single filename to different rows, here is the current code that i have:
Sub openFile()
With OpenFileDialog1
.DefaultExt = "Mp3"
[Code].....
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Dec 21, 2009
I am trying to select a folder in a very similar way that we do using "OpenFileDialog". I searched for different sites and did find something but all of codes were tweaking "OpenFileDialog" and selected files..... I have seen applications where the select dialog box does NOT show the "File Type" as well as the "Open" button has "Select" name on it. Any idea how to get such dialogbox?
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Feb 23, 2010
I've spent FAR too long trying to troubleshoot this simple operation.I want the user to select multiple files in an OpenFileDialog (called OpenFileDialog1), click OK, and then have the filenames display in a listbox (called ListBox1). When I run, the openFile dialog allows the user to select mutliple files. However, on clicking OK, the dialog repons allowing the user to select only a SINGLE file. Then, it throws an "outside of array" exception.
[Code]...
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Aug 30, 2011
i want to get a random directory from a specified directory, for example, the desktop.
im not sure how to do this, this and the only thing I'm having trouble with for my application
for example i have 5 different directories on the desktop called
Dir1
Dir2
Dir3, etc...
i would like to get Dir3, then maybe Dir1, after that maybe Dir3 again, and so on. i want to get a random directory from the desktop...dont really know how to explain it any better...
A specified a directory - a directory that i specify maybe in a text box for example. or a folder browser dialog
also i just want to get the path of the directory, i dont want to do anything to it.
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Nov 28, 2011
I am currently using the Directory.GetFiles("Path of folder", "Specific Data") to search a folder for specific files and then do something with those files - this works perfectly. However i would like to search all sub folders within the top level folder also.I have seen ways to return what directories exist within the top level - which i could then use to search but was wondering if there is an easier way.
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May 12, 2009
i'd like to customize the left side of the save file dialog boxes' folders. when you open the save file dialog, the folders located on the left. how do i change those since i've seen some programs open the save or open file dialog with their preset prefferences..so much work to do and so many choices to choose from...
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Jun 21, 2010
I have a directory structure as follows;
ad_folder
--folderA
--folderB
--folderC[code]....
at I do not know the number of or the names of the folders, they can be different in different cases, I only have the root path.how I can display folder contents in VB.net and the code worked but couldn't figure out how to create the arrays and display only folders within folders starting with "ad_".
System.IO.DirectoryInfo and System.IO.FileInfo to be used for getting the folders.A literal control can be used to create javascript arrays in ASP.NET. These js arrays can then be used on the client side.
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Jan 6, 2009
I am trying to enable the user the ability to select a folder and the folders music files populate a list box. I want two list boxes on the page, one with all the contents of the folder and then the other one for files selected from the first box. I have no clue on how to do this at all.
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Jul 9, 2009
I'm currently working on an application that allows users to select picture files and then categorize them into folders. Now I'm having two issues that are probably simple to fix but I only have a year of experience with vb so I just don't know how to fix them. The first and biggest issue is that once the user has selected and categorized a file, I want the program to select the next file in the folder that the first file was moved from. This way the number of clicks required is minimized. However I have no clue what I would need to do in order to accomplish this. Also, my other problem is that I want to be able to find the indexof a quotation mark but whenever I put it in the parameter it just reads it as a quote.
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Jan 6, 2009
Basically I am trying to enable the user the ability to select a folder and the folders music files populate a list box. I want two list boxes on the page, one with all the contents of the folder and then the other one for files selected from the first box. I have no clue on how to do this at all...
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Mar 1, 2011
I want get the file names specified in the OpenFileDialog I've used Multiselect in OpenFileDialog?
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Nov 28, 2004
could someone give me a some sort of clue about opening nonexistant files in VB.NET?? I am learning this as I go, and I can open existing files using the OpenFileDialog box, but I cant not find an real explanation on how to create a file if it is not in existance... in other words, I want to know now to code so that when a user enteres a filename in the filename box in the OpenFileDialog and that file does not already exist then the file is created as a new file, and then opened. I have done some googleing and found all sorts of examples on opening existing files, but nothing that really gives a good explanation of how to create a new file and then open it...
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Feb 11, 2010
How can I implement an openfiledialog, which is able to do multiselecting? Do I need an extra libraray or is it also possible with the WPF-Control OpenFileDialog?
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Apr 27, 2011
I have an application that opens the file location of a running process, however when the process is located in a large folder like system32 it just opens at the first item,
What i really want is for the specified .exe to be highlighted or in focus within the dialog window,is there a way to filter or use the built in search box in the window programaticaly?
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Aug 14, 2011
How can I rename an File using an OpenFileDialog?[code]...
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Jan 4, 2011
I have files that start with unique numbers and are word documents. Say the document starts with "1234567" is there a way to make the OpenFileDialog filter to where only all the .doc files that start with "1234567" show up?
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Jun 11, 2012
way to display the name of a file in a textbox from an openfiledialog (including the file type) For example: Instead of "C:Users eadme.txt", to display just "readme.txt" in the textbox.
Edit: AND if possible, how to display the inverse, too ("C:Users", instead of "C:Users
eadme.txt" or something)
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Feb 20, 2011
I am doing a project called Mp3 Player and I can not open more than one file at a listview with a OpenFileDialog excuse my English but I'm Portuguese
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Jan 9, 2009
I had the following codes,by the default,after i choose a file from the openfiledialog,then savefiledialog will display to let me chosoe where should i save the file.
But,now I would like to do so which is after I choose a file from the openfiledialog,the selected file should be automatically copy to my desktop without showing savefiledialog to let me choose the destination.What should I change from the following code?
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim fullFilename As String
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Aug 10, 2010
I am making an encryption application using System.Security.Cryptography
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Jun 10, 2009
I'm using a OpenFileDialog to choose a file from the folder and displaying the path on a textbox. I have another save button, I want when I click on the save button the selected file(the path is currently in the box) duplicates the file into another folder. How can I duplicate the folder and can I use SaveFileDialog?? Here is the codes of OpenFile Dialog. I have t
Private Sub OpenFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdBrowseFile.Click
Dim myStream As Stream = Nothing
[Code]....
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