BrowseForFolder Class

A dialog that can be used to select a folder.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Microsoft.Win32CommonDialog
Jam.Shell.WPF.ControlsBrowseForFolder

Namespace: Jam.Shell.WPF.Controls
Assembly: ShellBrowserWPF (in ShellBrowserWPF.dll) Version: 1.3.1

Syntax

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public class BrowseForFolder : CommonDialog

Public Class BrowseForFolder
	Inherits CommonDialog

public ref class BrowseForFolder : public CommonDialog

type BrowseForFolder =  
    class
        inherit CommonDialog
    end

The BrowseForFolder type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	BrowseForFolder	Initializes a new instance of the BrowseForFolder class

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Properties

	Name	Description
	FileSystemOnly	Only allow to select elements with an associated file system path.
	SelectedFolderIdList	After execution contains the Folder that was selected.
	SelectedPath	After ShowDialog gets the path that was selected. If this property is set before displaying the dialog sets the path the dialog initially selects.
	Title	Gets or sets the title of the dialog.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Reset	Resets the properties of a common dialog box to their default values. (Overrides CommonDialogReset.)
	RunDialog	Runs a directory open dialog. (Overrides CommonDialogRunDialog(IntPtr).)

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Remarks

This component works like the OpenFileDialog, but instead of selecting files, it allows to select a folder.

Examples

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browseForFolder.Title = "Please select a folder";
browseForFolder.SelectedPath = "c:\\";
if (browseForFolder.ShowDialog())
  MessageBox.Show(browseForFolder.SelectedPath);

Reference

Jam.Shell.WPF.Controls Namespace