Filenames and open file dialog

[SRJ92]

hello, i need help with my project for college, i am using visual studio 2008 and c# programming lang. I want to grab the file name or file path to put into a rich text document using an openfiledialog. Users are able to select the file using the openfiledialog, select the file, and then when they double click or press open, the file name is inserted into the richtextbox.... to insert the text i am using InsertText(""); thanks

[Lost User]

And what is the problem that you are having?

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[OriginalGriff]

You can use OpenFileDialog:

            OpenFileDialog sfd = new OpenFileDialog();
            sfd.Filter = filterString;
            if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                {
                string fileName = sfd.FileName;
                ...
                }

or FolderBrowserDialog:

        FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog();
        fbd.SelectedPath = tbInitialDir.Text;
        if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
            string filePath = fbd.SelectedPath;
            ...
            }

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[SRJ92]

Thanks for the code example, can u tell me another thing which is how i would put the string / filename into a rich text box ? thanks again ..

modified on Monday, March 29, 2010 3:52 PM

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Didn't you say you were using InsertText()?

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[SRJ92]

yeah like inserttext("hello") , but i don't know how to put it for a string .... is it like inserttext("string filename"); or ?

[Dave Kreskowiak]

SRJ92 wrote:

but i don't know how to put it for a string

What do you think "hello" is? You get a string for the filepath back from the OpenFileDialog. You just put that string in the InsertText call. What's the problem?

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[SRJ92]

sorry i found out now, lol just me being dumb and not thinking right... thanks ...