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RP - 11 Oct 2007 11:33 GMT

I have a text box in which I need the path of the file a user selects
from the dialog box. I also want that the dialog box is filtered to
show only image files, and when the user selects this file, the path
of the file is shown on the text box.

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 11 Oct 2007 11:38 GMT

> I have a text box in which I need the path of the file a user selects
> from the dialog box. I also want that the dialog box is filtered to
> show only image files, and when the user selects this file, the path
> of the file is shown on the text box.

It's not clear whether you're talking about a web application or a
WinForms application, but have you looked at the OpenFileDialog class?

Jon

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RP - 11 Oct 2007 11:40 GMT

Windows Forms application.

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 11 Oct 2007 13:02 GMT

> Windows Forms application.

And have you looked at OpenFileDialog?

Jon

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harborsparrow - 12 Oct 2007 03:49 GMT

Try something like this:

OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = null;
string newfilespec;
try
{

openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();

openFileDialog1.Title = "Select a text file to add to
the search list";
openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "C:\\";
openFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All
files (*.*)|*.*";
openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2;

if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{

}

> > Windows Forms application.
>
> And have you looked at OpenFileDialog?
>
> Jon

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