Open file c sharp dialog

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Length - 1]; Should yield a filter that looks like this:. Downvoter, care to explain? You have a better idea? Mine works, as I demonstrated through a graphic. If it didn't work, I wouldn't have the graphic to prove that it does. You would just put the Doctype "Documents", "Images", etc.

Assuming you had a function called DataLayer. As I said, yes, was extreme, but it does work. The question does not request information about getting data from database and did not ask about concatenates Why don't you also include pulling data from Web Services You might have TONS of different doctypes, and extensions within them.

This served as a way to organize them, then apply code to get them. For me, it was better than just assuming there were only 3 of each and giving the concatenation string. Teach a man to fish Gets or sets whether the dialog box supports displaying and saving files that have multiple file name extensions. Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Releases all resources used by the Component.

Releases the unmanaged resources used by the Component and optionally releases the managed resources. Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Gets the Type of the current instance.

Defines the common dialog box hook procedure that is overridden to add specific functionality to the file dialog box. Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Raises the FileOk event. Raises the HelpRequest event. Opens the file selected by the user, with read-only permission.

The file is specified by the FileName property. Defines the owner window procedure that is overridden to add specific functionality to a common dialog box.

Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the Dispose method. Occurs when the user clicks on the Open or Save button on a file dialog box. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback?

Namespace: System. Forms Assembly: System. In this article. Inherited from FileDialog. Gets a value indicating whether the component can raise an event. Inherited from Component. Gets or sets the default file name extension. Gets or sets a string containing the file name selected in the file dialog box. Gets the file names of all selected files in the dialog box.

Gets or sets the index of the filter currently selected in the file dialog box. Gets or sets the initial directory displayed by the file dialog box. The examples run a FileIOPermission permission check, and can throw an exception due to insufficient privileges if run in a partial-trust context.

For more information, see Code access security basics. You can build and run these examples as. For more information, see Command-line building with csc. Starting with. NET Core 3.

NET Core apps from a folder that has a. After the user chooses a file and selects OK , an instance of the StreamReader class reads the file and displays its contents in the form's text box. For more information about reading from file streams, see FileStream. BeginRead and FileStream.