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FileNameEditor Class

Provides a user interface for selecting a file name.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms.Design
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class FileNameEditor _
	Inherits UITypeEditor
'Usage
Dim instance As FileNameEditor

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.

<EditorAttribute(GetType(System.Windows.Forms.Design.FileNameEditor), GetType(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor))>  _
Public Property testFilename() As String 
   Get 
      Return filename
   End Get 
   Set
      filename = value
   End Set 
End Property 
Private filename As String   

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

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

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