Create a "file Open" Dialog Button and Write Out to Text Box

c# winforms visual-studio-express fileopendialog
Kevdog777 picture Kevdog777 · Jul 4, 2011 · Viewed 16k times · Source

I am wanting to create a browse (fileOpen Dialog) button to search my local drive and then write out the selected path to a text field.

I am using Visual Studio Express 2010

Any help much appreciated!

Answer

Rishabh picture Rishabh · Jul 4, 2011

You can use the file open dialog

The file open dialog on success returns the path of the file which is selected, you can then use the returned path and show it on the label.

OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();

if (ofd.ShowDialog() == true)
{
string filePath = ofd.FileName;
string safeFilePath = ofd.SafeFileName;
}

The string will have the file path assign it to the label.

Related questions

Winforms - Visually remove button click event

.NET newbie alert Using Visual C# 2008 Express Edition I have accidentally created a click event for a button. I then deleted the automatically-created method code, which resulted in an error saying that the function, which had now been referenced in …

Read More
How do I make a textbox that only accepts numbers?

I have a windows forms app with a textbox control that I want to only accept integer values. In the past I've done this kind of validation by overloading the KeyPress event and just removing characters which didn't fit the …

Read More
ComboBox: Adding Text and Value to an Item (no Binding Source)

In C# WinApp, how can I add both Text and Value to the items of my ComboBox? I did a search and usually the answers are using "Binding to a source".. but in my case I do not have a …

Read More