FolderBrowserDialog is a class in the System.Windows.Forms.CommonDialog namespace
Prompts the user to select a folder.
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Setting the 'RootFolder' property on a folderBrowserDialog prevents folder expansion
Windows Forms application using VS2022 CE. I have a 'browse' button for selecting the folder of interest, as shown in the following snippet:
private void btn_Browse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
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FolderBrowserDialog does not open after first time
I open the FolderBrowserDialog via a ajax call to seelct a path on the machine. The dialog opens and works perfect at the first time but when I make the same call again the dialog does not open unless I rebuild the application.
I used OpenFileDialog…
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How to prevent the FolderBrowserDialog description from wrapping?
We are using a WinForms FolderBrowserDialog in a WPF/C# Application using some and we have a sentence we have added to the Description property on the FolderBrowserDialog (I'm going to change the text for the sake of the screenshot but our message…
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Pass a c# Object Value To Powershell as Variable
The following code includes 2 buttons resulting in a folderbrowserdialog(1,2), result of 1 is supposed to be passed as $source and the second as $destination. The last button is supposed to run the PS Script
private void…
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Powershell FolderBrowserDialog behaving differently from shell to ise
When I run the below code in Powershell ISE everything runs fine, but when I run it from Powershell Shell I get a lot of errors about icons.
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms") |Out-Null
$foldername =…
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How do I open a folder browser dialog from a PowerShell script?
I have a PS1 script which opens a FolderBrowserDialog:
open-folder.ps1
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Push-Location
$FileBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog -Property @{
ShowNewFolderButton = $true
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BrowseForFolders doesn't display on top
I'm writing PS Script and following block of code shows dialogbox below windows forms gui.
$btn1 = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button
$btn1.Text = "Wybierz folder projektowy"
$btn1.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(170,140)
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WPF folder browser dialog that shows external devices and can navigate to user-given folder path
I have a WPF application where the user must choose a folder for an operation. I achieve this by opening a folder browser dialog when he clicks a button.
I want the dialog to both list external devices, like connected smartphones, and have a textbox…
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Select a local folder with bokeh
I'm looking for a way to select a folder with bokeh in python. I know I can select a file by importing Fileinput, is there a similar way for directory?
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C# WPF FolderBrowserDialog - Unable to retrieve the root folder
I am using the FolderBrowserDialog to select the Folder where user can save file. While opening the folder browse dialog, application get crashed and raised below exception.
System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to retrieve the root folder.
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Powershell: Folder Browser/File Browser path
I am kind of new to Powershell and just want to check if something is possible.
I understand there is a way to allow me to get the path of an individual file and even multiple files with the OpenFile dialog. I also understand there is a way for…
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How to create a folder having some subfolders, in a root folder selected by the user?
i have this code to create subfolders in the path the user choose
FolderBrowserDialog folderBrs = new FolderBrowserDialog();
if (folderBrs.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
System.IO.DirectoryInfo dir = new…
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Folder to an application
I apologize upfront for butchering the verbiage. Here is what I am trying to figure out.
I work with projects that currently use windows folders to store project files (500-1000) per project. The current interaction with a project is clicking…
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Opening winforms FolderBrowserDialog via web socket connection from C# class library
I need to open a winforms FolderBrowserDialog from class library. We are calling the method via web socket from js and i need to open a FolderBrowserDialog in that method in order to get path and do some operations inside the folder. I tried both…
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How do I specify the initial path shown in the FolderBrowserDialog using PowerShell
Function Get-Folder($initialDirectory)
{
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms")|Out-Null
$foldername = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
$foldername.Description = "Select a folder"
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