Select a file in Explorer

[Sergey Poberezovskiy]

Hi,

As part of my Windows application, I need to open a folder
containing a file (fileName is specified in txtFile).
I have no problem opening the folder:
Dim directoryName As String = New FileInfo
(txtFile.Text).DirectoryName
Dim startInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo =
New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
With startInfo
.FileName = "explorer"
.UseShellExecute = True
.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
.Arguments = """"c & directoryName & """"c
End With
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo)

But how do I select the file within the opened directory?

Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Sergey,

Please do not multipost.
You can crosspost what is sending one messages to more relevant newsgroups

Cor

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

As part of my Windows application, I need to open a folder
containing a file (fileName is specified in txtFile).
I have no problem opening the folder:
Dim directoryName As String = New FileInfo
(txtFile.Text).DirectoryName
Dim startInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo =
New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
With startInfo
.FileName = "explorer"
.UseShellExecute = True
.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
.Arguments = """"c & directoryName & """"c
End With
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo)

But how do I select the file within the opened directory?

I doubt that there is a direct way to do that. What you can try to do is
using 'SendKeys' to send the filename to the window, but this would not be a
reliable solution.

 

[Larry Serflaten]

Hi,

As part of my Windows application, I need to open a folder
containing a file (fileName is specified in txtFile).

But how do I select the file within the opened directory?

Any help is much appreciated.

Try this:

Shell("explorer , """ & txtFile & """, /select", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)

HTH
LFS