File Open Dialog in windows phone

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I am developing windows phone application and I need text file import facility in the application. Now what I need is to open file explorer as in windows desktop application or like html file control.

I have googled with each and every possible ways but do not find a solution.

What have you tried so far? Show your work first.. Please read [FAQ] and [ask] — Soner Gönül, Mar 26 '13 at 07:55
Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2489890/how-do-i-choose-files-from-the-local-filesystem-in-windows-phone-7 — jordanhill123, Mar 26 '13 at 08:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 08:00

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Your application is sandboxed, and only has access to data within your folders - so you can't browse to a file. You can only read files you deploy with your application, or write to isolated storage.

Alternately you could download a file from Skydrive

answered Mar 26 '13 at 08:00

user2210657

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First of all thank you for your reply. Now can you please give me code to view folder list (total files/folders in Windows Phone), so that i can pick file/folder path by selecting file/folder and then can read that file. – shoaib mijaki Mar 26 '13 at 09:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 08:11

You are not allowed to browse for files in a WP application. There is no file browser supported!

You can only access the file stored in the IsolatedStorage of your application. For that you will need to create a file browser yourself which will only give access to files in the Isolated Storage.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 09:05

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You can also read files stored on the SD card, but only if you registered your app to manage a specific extension. Txt files are not supported, since they are registered by the OS and can't be replaced.

answered Mar 26 '13 at 09:05

Matteo Pagani

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First of all thank you for your reply. Now can you please give me code to view folder list (total files/folders in Windows Phone), so that i can pick file/folder path by selecting file/folder and then can read that file. – shoaib mijaki Mar 26 '13 at 09:54

File Open Dialog in windows phone

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