Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box restores the current directory before closing.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Public Property RestoreDirectory As Booleanpublic bool RestoreDirectory { get; set; }public:
property bool RestoreDirectory {
bool get ();
void set (bool value);
}member RestoreDirectory : bool with get, set
Property Value
Type: Systemtrue if the dialog box restores the current directory to its original value if the user changed the directory while searching for files; otherwise, false. The default value is false.
The following code example uses the OpenFileDialog implementation of FileDialog and illustrates creating, setting of properties, and showing the dialog box. The example uses the RestoreDirectory property to ensure that the current directory is restored when the dialog box is closed. The example requires a form with a Button placed on it and the System.IO namespace added to it.
Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim myStream As Stream = Nothing
Dim openFileDialog1 As New OpenFileDialog()
openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\"
openFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*"
openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2
openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = True
If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Try
myStream = openFileDialog1.OpenFile()
If (myStream IsNot Nothing) Then
' Insert code to read the stream here.
End If
Catch Ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("Cannot read file from disk. Original error: " & Ex.Message)
Finally
' Check this again, since we need to make sure we didn't throw an exception on open.
If (myStream IsNot Nothing) Then
myStream.Close()
End If
End Try
End If
End Sub
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Stream myStream = null;
OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();
openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\" ;
openFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*" ;
openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2 ;
openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true ;
if(openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
try
{
if ((myStream = openFileDialog1.OpenFile()) != null)
{
using (myStream)
{
// Insert code to read the stream here.
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: Could not read file from disk. Original error: " + ex.Message);
}
}
}
private:
void button1_Click( Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
Stream^ myStream;
OpenFileDialog^ openFileDialog1 = gcnew OpenFileDialog;
openFileDialog1->InitialDirectory = "c:\\";
openFileDialog1->Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*";
openFileDialog1->FilterIndex = 2;
openFileDialog1->RestoreDirectory = true;
if ( openFileDialog1->ShowDialog() == System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::OK )
{
if ( (myStream = openFileDialog1->OpenFile()) != nullptr )
{
// Insert code to read the stream here.
myStream->Close();
}
}
}
- FileIOPermission
to set the property. Associated enumeration: PermissionState
. . :: . Unrestricted.
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
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