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December 5, 2022 · View on GitHub

Extending The BrowseForFolder Class

Description

Simply adding a few more options to the BrowseForFolder class submitted by Chris Anderson.

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By	bleh
Level	Beginner
User Rating	4.7 (47 globes from 10 users)
Compatibility	C#
Category	GUIs
World	.Net (C#, VB.net)
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Extending The Browse For Folder Dialog Class

This code is simpily extending the Browse For Folder Dialog class that was on posted on PSC by Chris Andersen. After using his code, I was interested in knowing if there was any additional options available aside from just being able to set the title. I consulted the MSDN and this is what I came up with. The above screen shot is showing the Browse For Folder dialog with StartLocation set to "MyDocuments" and Style set to "BrowseForEverything"

.StartLocation

The directory in which the browse dialog will start at. (duh) I haven't found a way to specifiy a certain path, like C:\PSC or something of that nature, but there are a number of members that we can use. They are:

Desktop
Favorites
MyComputer
MyDocuments
MyPictures
NetAndDialUpConnections
NetworkNeighborhood
Printers
Recent
SendTo
StartMenu
Templates

.Style

They style of the browse dialog. We have a few different options to choose from.

BrowseForComputer
BrowseForEverything
BrowseForPrinter
RestrictToDomain
RestrictToFilesystem
RestrictToSubfolders
ShowTextBox

The Code

Here's an example of how to use the above methods in the Browse For Folder dialog.


using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;
public class BrowseForFolder : FolderNameEditor
{
	FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser bDialog;
	public BrowseForFolder()
	{
		bDialog = new FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser();
	}
	public string browseDialog(string sTitle)
	{
		bDialog.Description = sTitle;
		bDialog.StartLocation = FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowserFolder.MyComputer;
		bDialog.Style = FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowserStyles.RestrictToDomain;
		bDialog.ShowDialog();
		return bDialog.DirectoryPath;
	}
	~BrowseForFolder()
	{
		bDialog.Dispose();
	}
}

Useage:

To use this class, make sure you add a reference to System.Design.DLL. Call the class like so:


BrowseForFolder myDialog = new BrowseForFolder();
MessageBox.Show(myDialog.browseDialog("Dialog Title Goes Here");

It's pretty simple. Thanks again to Chris Anderson for the original code.