OpenFileDialog Class

The following figure shows an OpenFileDialog for Windows Vista.

Starting in Windows Vista, open and save file dialog boxes have a Favorite Links panel on the left side of the dialog box that allows the user to quickly navigate to a different location. These links are called custom places. Use the CustomPlaces property to set this list of links.

The following example shows how to create an OpenFileDialog that contains a default file name and extension type.

// Configure open file dialog box
Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog();
dlg.FileName = "Document"; // Default file name
dlg.DefaultExt = ".txt"; // Default file extension
dlg.Filter = "Text documents (.txt)|*.txt"; // Filter files by extension

// Show open file dialog box
Nullable<bool> result = dlg.ShowDialog();

// Process open file dialog box results
if (result == true)
{
    // Open document
    string filename = dlg.FileName;
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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