Directory Selection dialog???

[Guest]

Hi all,

I am building a tool and one of the things that I want to do is allow users
to select a directory to set a path. Do I have to use the gimpy .NET 1.1
FolderBrowserDialog or is there something more similar to the OpenFileDialog
format. I would prefer that my dialog for selecting files and directories at
least look somewhat similar.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Alex,

I am building a tool and one of the things that I want to do is allow
users
to select a directory to set a path. Do I have to use the gimpy .NET 1.1
FolderBrowserDialog or is there something more similar to the
OpenFileDialog
format. I would prefer that my dialog for selecting files and directories
at
least look somewhat similar.

I suggest to use the FolderBrowserDialog because users know this dialog from
other applications.

 

[Guest]

You mean that the dialog that Visual Studio.NET uses to say set the working
folder isn't a standard .NET dialog? They use the standard OpenFileDialog for
creating new files or opening existing ones. I don't see why they would not
release something like that.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

You mean that the dialog that Visual Studio.NET uses to say set the
working
folder isn't a standard .NET dialog? They use the standard OpenFileDialog
for
creating new files or opening existing ones. I don't see why they would
not
release something like that.

VS.NET includes its own folder dialog which is similar to the
OpenFileDialog. Personally I don't like this dialog because it's not clear
that the dialog should be used to select a folder.