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FileNameEditor Class

.NET Framework 4

Provides a user interface for selecting a file name.

System.Object
  System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor
    System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms.Design
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)
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public class FileNameEditor : UITypeEditor

The FileNameEditor type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method FileNameEditor Initializes a new instance of the FileNameEditor class.
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  Name Description
Public property IsDropDownResizable Gets a value indicating whether drop-down editors should be resizable by the user. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
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  Name Description
Public method EditValue(IServiceProvider, Object) Edits the value of the specified object using the editor style indicated by the GetEditStyle method. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
Public method EditValue(ITypeDescriptorContext, IServiceProvider, Object) Edits the specified object using the editor style provided by the GetEditStyle method. (Overrides UITypeEditor.EditValue(ITypeDescriptorContext, IServiceProvider, Object).)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetEditStyle() Gets the editor style used by the EditValue method. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
Public method GetEditStyle(ITypeDescriptorContext) Gets the editing style used by the EditValue method. (Overrides UITypeEditor.GetEditStyle(ITypeDescriptorContext).)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetPaintValueSupported() Indicates whether this editor supports painting a representation of an object's value. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
Public method GetPaintValueSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext) Indicates whether the specified context supports painting a representation of an object's value within the specified context. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method InitializeDialog Initializes the open file dialog when it is created.
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method PaintValue(PaintValueEventArgs) Paints a representation of the value of an object using the specified PaintValueEventArgs. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
Public method PaintValue(Object, Graphics, Rectangle) Paints a representation of the value of the specified object to the specified canvas. (Inherited from UITypeEditor.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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FileNameEditor provides a file selection dialog box for file name selection and editing.

Notes to Inheritors

You may inherit from this class to provide your own title for the dialog and your own file list filter extensions.

The following code example uses an EditorAttribute to associate the FileNameEditor with a property.

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[EditorAttribute(typeof(System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor), typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))]
public string testFilename
{
    get
    {
        return filename;
    }
    set
    {
        filename = value;
    }
}
private string filename;

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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Mistake in Visual C++ code here
The Visual C++ code is wrong (should be FileNameEditor attribute, not CollectionEditor), it should be:

public:
[EditorAttribute(System::Windows::Forms::Design::FileNameEditor::typeid, System::Drawing::Design::UITypeEditor::typeid)]
property String^ testFilename
{
String^ get()
{
return filename;
}
void set( String^ value )
{
filename = value;
}
}
private:
String^ filename;
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