Setting InitialDirectory

[Chuck]

Does anybody know how to set the InitialDirectory Property for Open or SaveFileDialog? Nothing I do seems to open either in the directory I specify. If I'm way off here does anybody know how to open these dialogs to display a specific directory

Here's the code I'm using for the InitialDirectory specification. I've also tried specifying this in the SaveFileDialog1 property window.

Dim SaveFileDialog1 As New SaveFileDialo
SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\My Documents

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Chuck,
Which OS are you on?

Does "C:\My Documents" actually exist?

I normally use code similar to:

Dim dialog As New SaveFileDialog
dialog.InitialDirectory =
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.Personal)
dialog.RestoreDirectory = True
dialog.Filter = "My files(*.my)|*.my|All files (*.*)|*.*"
dialog.FilterIndex = 1
dialog.DefaultExt = "my"
If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
Dim stream As Stream = dialog.OpenFile()
Serialize(stream, document)
stream.Close()
End If
Which will set the initial directory to the "My Documents" folder for the
current user independent of the OS version.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Chuck" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Does anybody know how to set the InitialDirectory Property for Open or SaveFileDialog? Nothing I do seems to open either in the directory I
specify. If I'm way off here does anybody know how to open these dialogs to
display a specific directory?
Here's the code I'm using for the InitialDirectory specification. I've also tried specifying this in the SaveFileDialog1 property window.
Dim SaveFileDialog1 As New SaveFileDialog
SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\My Documents"

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Kent Boogaart]

I am a C# programmer so apologies if this is irrelevant: do you need to
escape the "\"? In C#, you would code it in one of these ways:

1) SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\My Documents";

2) SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @"c:\My Documents";

Not sure about VB.NET though . . .

Kent

"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja************@msn.com> wrote in message
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Chuck,
Which OS are you on?

Does "C:\My Documents" actually exist?

I normally use code similar to:

Dim dialog As New SaveFileDialog
dialog.InitialDirectory =
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.Personal)
dialog.RestoreDirectory = True
dialog.Filter = "My files(*.my)|*.my|All files (*.*)|*.*"
dialog.FilterIndex = 1
dialog.DefaultExt = "my"
If dialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
Dim stream As Stream = dialog.OpenFile()
Serialize(stream, document)
stream.Close()
End If
Which will set the initial directory to the "My Documents" folder for the
current user independent of the OS version.

Hope this helps
Jay

"Chuck" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F**********************************@microsof t.com...

Does anybody know how to set the InitialDirectory Property for Open or SaveFileDialog? Nothing I do seems to open either in the directory I
specify. If I'm way off here does anybody know how to open these dialogs

to display a specific directory?

Here's the code I'm using for the InitialDirectory specification. I've

also tried specifying this in the SaveFileDialog1 property window.

Dim SaveFileDialog1 As New SaveFileDialog
SaveFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\My Documents"

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks