HOWTO: make an openFileDialog select folder? not a file

[_st0rm_]

My program works with folders and I want to make a dialog
which will help the user to select the active folder. How
can I make such adialog?

[Thomas Scheidegger [MVP] NETMaster]

In .NET 1.0 only with PInvoke to SHBrowseForFolder :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306285

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/folderbrowser.asp

or some people use the internal FolderNameEditor:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=q0JKzDbmCHA.2144%40cpmsftngxa09

And .NET 1.1 has new class:
System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog

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[William LaMartin]

Here is some code for a directory browser that I found on one of these
newsgroups awhile back. Don't recall the submitter. Note that you need a
reference to system.design.dll

Public Class DirBrowser

'need a reference to system.design.dll to make the line below work

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Design.FolderNameEditor
Private m_Description As String = "Choose a Directory..."
Private m_ReturnPath As String = ""
Private fb As FolderBrowser = New FolderBrowser()

Public WriteOnly Property Description()
Set(ByVal Value)
m_Description = Value
End Set
End Property

Public ReadOnly Property ReturnPath() As String
Get
Return m_ReturnPath
End Get
End Property

Public Function ShowDialog() As DialogResult
fb.Description = m_Description
fb.StartLocation = FolderBrowserFolder.MyComputer

Dim r As DialogResult = fb.ShowDialog

If r = DialogResult.OK Then
m_ReturnPath = fb.DirectoryPath
Else
m_ReturnPath = ""
End If

Return r

End Function
End Class

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