Vb.net - FolderBrowserDialog

Question

I am having some troubles with FolderBrowserDialog I've tried all the post I could find here and I'm almost there in terms of what I want. following is my code:

Private Sub ButtonBrowseOutput_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ButtonBrowseOutput.Click
    Dim dialog = New FolderBrowserDialog()
    dialog.SelectedPath = Application.StartupPath
    If DialogResult.OK = dialog.ShowDialog() Then
        TextBoxShowOutput.Text = dialog.ToString & "/helloforum" & ".txt"
    End If
End Sub

would give me something like this:

System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog/helloforum.txt

Where I want it to give it for example:

c:/users/sexyname/desktop/helloforum.txt

does `helloforum.txt` always taking from your `application.startupPath` ?? — Vivek S., Aug 12 '14 at 11:14
if so then you need not to use this `Dim dialog = New FolderBrowserDialog()` instead of this you could get the file name like `textBoxShowOutput.Text = Application.StartupPath & "/helloforum.txt"` — Vivek S., Aug 12 '14 at 11:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '14 at 09:21

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TextBoxShowOutput.Text = dialog.ToString & "/helloforum" & ".txt"

Must be:

TextBoxShowOutput.Text = dialog.SelectedPath & "/helloforum" & ".txt"

answered Aug 12 '14 at 09:21

N1C0

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '14 at 09:21

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SelectedPath - Gets or sets the path selected by the user.

dialog.SelectedPath & "/helloforum.txt"

answered Aug 12 '14 at 09:21

JohnnyQ

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 12 '14 at 11:19

Just for your knowledge

Private Sub AbsolutePathOfDialogBoxes()
    Dim dlgFolder = New FolderBrowserDialog
    Dim dlgOpenFile = New OpenFileDialog
    Dim dlgSaveFile = New SaveFileDialog
    Dim absolutePath As String
    '/*-----------------------------------*/'
    absolutePath = dlgFolder.SelectedPath
    absolutePath = dlgOpenFile.FileName
    absolutePath = dlgSaveFile.FileName
    '/*-----------------------------------*/'
End Sub

Happy Coding

Vb.net - FolderBrowserDialog

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