How to: Provide a Progress Dialog Box for File Operations (C# Programming Guide)

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How to: Provide a Progress Dialog Box for File Operations (C# Programming Guide)
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C# Programming Guide

How to: Provide a Progress Dialog Box for File Operations (C# Programming Guide)

Updated: July 2008

The easiest way to provide a standard Windows progress dialog box when you perform file operations is to use the FileSystem object that is provided in the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace.

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To add a reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

In Visual Studio, open or create a project and then click Add Reference on the Project menu. On the .NET tab, select Microsoft.VisualBasic in the Component Name column.

To add a using directive

In your C# file, add the following line:
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using Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO;
```

Example

The following code copies the directory specified by sourcePath into the directory specified by destinationPath. It also provides a standard Windows progress dialog box that shows the estimated time remaining before the operation finishes.

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// Requires project reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic
using Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO;
class FileProgress
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string sourcePath = @"C:\Users\public\documents\";
        string destinationPath = @"C:\testFolder";
        FileSystem.CopyDirectory(sourcePath, destinationPath,
            UIOption.AllDialogs);
    }
}

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Date	History	Reason
July 2008	Added topic.	Content bug fix.

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Content bug fix.