customizing OpenFileDialog

[rithm]

Hi,

I want to customize FileOpenDialog ,such a way that it will only show folders and should start with some string.


Thanks

[r035198x]

I don't think that's possible. Google for BrowseForFolder.

[tlhintoq]

You do realize that you haven't asked a question, don't you?
Posting guidelines for how to ask a question

You have stated something that you want to do. Ok. Go do it. You don't have to ask permission.

On the other had I *do* have a question. What good will an Open*FILE*Dialog do for you if you do manage to modify this sealed class to only show only *FOLDERS*? Personally, I think I would use a FolderBrowserDialog for purposes where I only wanted to see folders.

Of course, that's a sealed class too. So you can't modify it or even use it to device a new class that you could modify. So if you are married to the idea of filtering the folders it displays, you'll have to create your own dialog from scratch.

[saeedbadar]

I think you cannot resize the FileDialog in .Net directly.

There is a protected method 'HookProc' in all dialogs. This method provides you access to dialog creation process. But the OpenFileDialog is sealed. So you will not be able to use it directly. You need to use windows API's that support this method. I found this link...
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/get...?display=Print

Another relatively easy solution you can find at:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog...eDialogEx.aspx

[vanc]

Hi,

I want to customize FileOpenDialog ,such a way that it will only show folders and should start with some string.


Thanks

How can FileOpenDialog just show folder? It's file open dialog, it has to show files to open files. I think you're messing with some confusing ideas here, if you want it to show only some type of file, use Filter, if you want it starts with MyComputer then using SpecialFolder.

Cheers.

[joedeene]

Why wouldn't the FolderBrowserDialog help? If you want to show just folders, but I'm not quite clear on the part you said:

...and should start with some string...

joedeene

[tlhintoq]

Hi,

I want to customize FileOpenDialog ,such a way that it will only show folders and should start with some string.

Thanks

The original post was to

• MODIFY a FileOpenDialog, which can't be done since its a sealed class.
• Have it show *only* folders. - For what reason we don't know.
• *Limit* the folders to those starting with a speficied letter.

Nobody said anything about resizing it, or starting it at a specified directory.

Rithm: To do what you describe will require you to make your own control from scratch. As suggested a couple times previously, if you just need to browse folders instead of files, there is a component that already does that: The FolderBrowserDialog

I don't think there's anything else anyone here can tell you without you supplying a different question or set of needs.

Regards,
tlhIn'toQ