i cant use those property because in that dialog (ie openfile or savefile..) when it show it is going to have the option like "open" or "save" but i dont want to open the file or save the file ok i just want to select the file suppose if i use openfiledialog then user will clik "open" option user will feel that the file is opened but i dont want to open the file i just asking is there any info about fileselect dialog -- modified at 4:27 Thursday 15th November, 2007

I want to select the file and i want to get the path of the file like(browsefile dialog,savefiledialog,openfiledialog)i can`t use the above dialogs because i just want to select the file and getting path. (ex:openfiledialog ->browser window we have option "open"->i don`t need this option i want like "select" option (and i want to select the file not the folder) how can i do this in c#.. help me:doh: madhu

use masked text box it will help u:)