If well built, preferably using MVS 2008, you should be able to select a directory by clicking on the "Browse" search button. When you click the search button, the directory tree of your hard drive would be displayed as "Browse For Folder" dialog box. Browse for a particular folder and click on the "Search Button". Then you can search for your preferred file type or all the files (using *.* for file type) in that directory. It is very seamless. I want to be able to select and highlight a file based on the file name the user inputs in the "TextBoxSearch".

Start here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connector-net.html[^] Connector/Net is MySQL's own library for connecting your .NET application to a MySQL database. The link above includes the documentation, software and tutorials. You will find it is essentially the same as using Microsoft's own Sql Server ADO.NET component. If you don't know what that is, search the google for ADO.NET and expect to spend a solid few days learning about Connections, DataAdapters, Commands, etc. Have fun!