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Open a Directory

im trying to open a directory (as if i had browsed to the directory in
windows) from code

im checked system.io.directory but there doesnt seem to be an open command
(or similar)

is there an easy way to do this?

thanks

Mike Fellows
Nov 20 '05 #1
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Hi Mike,

I assume you are looking for the folderbrowserdialog which is in Net 1.1

Before Herfried says it there is a bug in it from which I understand that it
can set your program totally out of scope when the paths have more than 128
characters.

Cor
Nov 20 '05 #2
Thanks Cor
"Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:u%****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Hi Mike,

I assume you are looking for the folderbrowserdialog which is in Net 1.1

Before Herfried says it there is a bug in it from which I understand that it can set your program totally out of scope when the paths have more than 128 characters.

Cor

Nov 20 '05 #3
Hi Cor,

how on earth do i use this - ive found it in system.windows.forms
but i seem unable to get anything from it

i simply want to open c:\test folder

but cant seem to get it to do this

Thanks

Mike

"Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:u%****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Hi Mike,

I assume you are looking for the folderbrowserdialog which is in Net 1.1

Before Herfried says it there is a bug in it from which I understand that it can set your program totally out of scope when the paths have more than 128 characters.

Cor

Nov 20 '05 #4
Hi Mike,

I was making a sample and than thought this should be on MSDN as well and it
is with a complete sample. If this is not what you meant reply than?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

Because I am still in doubt.

Cor
Nov 20 '05 #5
Cor,

thats seems way over complicated just to do what i want

say i had a folder (c:\myfolder)

to get to that normally i would click

mycomputer
c:
myfolder

and i would have a folder showing all the files within c:\myfolder

i just want to open that folder from code

hope that helps

Mike

"Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uX**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Hi Mike,

I was making a sample and than thought this should be on MSDN as well and it is with a complete sample. If this is not what you meant reply than?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
Because I am still in doubt.

Cor

Nov 20 '05 #6
Hi Mike,

Dim fd As New FolderBrowserDialog
fd.SelectedPath = "c:\myfolder"
fd.ShowDialog()
(That folder must exist when you do it this way)

Do you mean this?

Cor
Nov 20 '05 #7
Hi Cor,

Sadly not

erm i want to basically use explorer.exe

the normal windows browser i just want to show some files my code has just
created

i dont want to select any files i just want to show that there there to the
user

your help is much appreciated on this

Mike
"Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uh**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Hi Mike,

Dim fd As New FolderBrowserDialog
fd.SelectedPath = "c:\myfolder"
fd.ShowDialog()
(That folder must exist when you do it this way)

Do you mean this?

Cor

Nov 20 '05 #8
"Mike Fellows" <mi***************@equityhouse.co.uk> schrieb

Sadly not

erm i want to basically use explorer.exe

the normal windows browser i just want to show some files my code has
just created


You should have mentioned that you want to open explorer.exe....

Use
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;130510

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Nov 20 '05 #9
Hi Mike,

That was what I was afraid for that you only was meaning this

the filinfo

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...snametopic.asp

And than a nice listbox to show them.

Cor
Nov 20 '05 #10
Armin,

Thanks that was exactly what i wanted

although........

if i call explorer.exe it works a treat and does what i wanted only it opens
"My Documents"

if i call "explorer.exe c:\"

i get "The System Cannot Find The Specified File"

if i call "explorer.exe /n,/root,c:\"

i get the same error message - i seem unable to specify a directory - i must
be doing something silly as im stumped by this

Thanks

Mike

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
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"Mike Fellows" <mi***************@equityhouse.co.uk> schrieb

Sadly not

erm i want to basically use explorer.exe

the normal windows browser i just want to show some files my code has
just created


You should have mentioned that you want to open explorer.exe....

Use
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;130510

--
Armin

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Nov 20 '05 #11
"Mike Fellows" <mi***************@equityhouse.co.uk> schrieb
You should have mentioned that you want to open explorer.exe....

Use
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;130510


Thanks that was exactly what i wanted

although........

if i call explorer.exe it works a treat and does what i wanted only
it opens "My Documents"

if i call "explorer.exe c:\"

i get "The System Cannot Find The Specified File"

if i call "explorer.exe /n,/root,c:\"

i get the same error message - i seem unable to specify a directory -
i must be doing something silly as im stumped by this


This works here:

Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/n,/root,c:\")
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Nov 20 '05 #12
Armin,

once again you sorted my issues

many thanks

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
news:40***********************@news.freenet.de...
"Mike Fellows" <mi***************@equityhouse.co.uk> schrieb
You should have mentioned that you want to open explorer.exe....

Use
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start
and
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;130510


Thanks that was exactly what i wanted

although........

if i call explorer.exe it works a treat and does what i wanted only
it opens "My Documents"

if i call "explorer.exe c:\"

i get "The System Cannot Find The Specified File"

if i call "explorer.exe /n,/root,c:\"

i get the same error message - i seem unable to specify a directory -
i must be doing something silly as im stumped by this


This works here:

Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/n,/root,c:\")
--
Armin

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Nov 20 '05 #13
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:26:58 +0200, Armin Zingler wrote:

This works here:

Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/n,/root,c:\")


I tried this and it seems more straightforward:

Process.Start("c:\test")
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