OpenFileDialog

[Ithaqua]

I am having problems giving my dialog box the initial directory at runtime.
I can get it working if I code it at design time, does any one know why this
code wont allow me to get the initial directory from a Class at runtim.

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with
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Cheers
Ithaqua

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I am having problems giving my dialog box the initial directory at runtime.
I can get it working if I code it at design time, does any one know why
this
code wont allow me to get the initial directory from a Class at runtim.

Error message? What's the exact problem?

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Ithaqua]

When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.

MyClass
{
Folder_location = "C:\"
}

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with

How ever if I hard code it like this it opens in the specified directory

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = "C:\"

.ShowDialog()

end with
--
Cheers
Ithaqua
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I am having problems giving my dialog box the initial directory at runtime.
I can get it working if I code it at design time, does any one know why
this
code wont allow me to get the initial directory from a Class at runtim.

Error message? What's the exact problem?

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Ithaqua]

When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.

MyClass
{
Folder_location = "C:\"
}

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with

How ever if I hard code it like this it opens in the specified directory

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = "C:\"

.ShowDialog()

end with
--
Cheers
Ithaqua
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I am having problems giving my dialog box the initial directory at runtime.
I can get it working if I code it at design time, does any one know why
this
code wont allow me to get the initial directory from a Class at runtim.

Error message? What's the exact problem?

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.

MyClass
{
Folder_location = "C:\"
}

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

Where is 'GetDirectory' defined?

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Ithaqua]

It is defined in MyClass.

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Cheers
Ithaqua
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.

MyClass
{
Folder_location = "C:\"
}

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

Where is 'GetDirectory' defined?

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Ithaqua,

Forgive me that I had so smile, that it is in MyClass (although not litary I
hope because that is a keyword), does Herfried for sure know.

I think that he did more wanted to know where the information came from that
is in MyClass. (And if you checked that the information was really correct.)

Cor

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:5D**********************************@microsof t.com...

It is defined in MyClass.

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Cheers
Ithaqua
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

> When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
> allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.
>
> MyClass
> {
> Folder_location = "C:\"
> }
>
> with openfiledialog1
>
> .InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

Where is 'GetDirectory' defined?

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

It is defined in MyClass.

First, 'MyClass' is a reserved keyword in VB.NET, second there might be a
bug in the implementation of the method.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[beaker]

Ithaqua wrote:

When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.

MyClass
{
Folder_location = "C:\"
}

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with

How ever if I hard code it like this it opens in the specified directory

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = "C:\"

.ShowDialog()

end with

Can you post the code for your GetDirectory method here.... I'm guessing
the problem may be there.

[Ithaqua]

Sorry MyClass is not actually the class name, it was just one I made up.
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Cheers
Ithaqua
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

It is defined in MyClass.

First, 'MyClass' is a reserved keyword in VB.NET, second there might be a
bug in the implementation of the method.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Ithaqua]

I have checked and this returns the directory location like it should.
ReadOnly Property getDirectory()
Get

' Get the value of the private class variable in one instance
Return _directoryLocation

End Get
End Property
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Cheers
Ithaqua
"beaker" wrote:

Ithaqua wrote:

When I use the following code to get a folder location from my Class it
allways opens the dialog box at My Documents.

MyClass
{
Folder_location = "C:\"
}

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with

How ever if I hard code it like this it opens in the specified directory

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = "C:\"

.ShowDialog()

end with

Can you post the code for your GetDirectory method here.... I'm guessing
the problem may be there.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

I have checked and this returns the directory location like it should.
ReadOnly Property getDirectory()
Get

' Get the value of the private class variable in one instance
Return _directoryLocation

End Get
End Property

Although this won't solve the problem

\\\
Public ReadOnly Property Directory() As String
Get
Reurn ...
End Get
End Property
///

should be preferred.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Harry Strybos]

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E8**********************************@microsof t.com...

I am having problems giving my dialog box the initial directory at runtime.
I can get it working if I code it at design time, does any one know why
this
code wont allow me to get the initial directory from a Class at runtim.

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with
--
Cheers
Ithaqua

Shouldn't that be: .InitialDirectory without the extra "d"

[Ithaqua]

Sorry that is a typeo in my post to this group

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Cheers
Ithaqua
"Harry Strybos" wrote:

"Ithaqua" <It*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E8**********************************@microsof t.com...

I am having problems giving my dialog box the initial directory at runtime.
I can get it working if I code it at design time, does any one know why
this
code wont allow me to get the initial directory from a Class at runtim.

with openfiledialog1

.InitialdDirectory = MyClass.GetDirectory

.ShowDialog()

end with
--
Cheers
Ithaqua

Shouldn't that be: .InitialDirectory without the extra "d"

[iwdu15]

you could try

application.startuppath

that would get the filder of where your app started

-iwdu150