FileDialog.FileName Property (Microsoft.Win32)

.NET Framework Class Library

FileDialog..::.FileName Property

Gets or sets a string containing the full path of the file selected in a file dialog.

Namespace: Microsoft.Win32
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.

Syntax

Public Property FileName As String
	Get
	Set

public string FileName { get; set; }

public:
property String^ FileName {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}

member FileName : string with get, set

<object FileName="string" .../>

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
A String that is the full path of the file selected in the file dialog. The default is Empty.

Remarks

If more than one file name is selected (length of FileNames is greater than one) then FileName contains the first selected file name. If no file name is selected, this property contains Empty rather than nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Security

FileIOPermission
to either get or set the path in the dialog. Associated enumeration: Unrestricted

Platforms

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

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

FileDialog Class

Microsoft.Win32 Namespace

SafeFileName

Other Resources

Dialog Boxes Overview

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