How to add a Browse To File dialog to a VB.NET application

Question

In a VB.NET Windows Forms application how do I add the capability for someone to click a button or image and open a file browser to browse to a file and assign it's path to a variable so I can copy that file to another specific path?

Answer 1

You should use the OpenFileDialog class like this

Dim fd As OpenFileDialog = New OpenFileDialog()  Dim strFileName As String  fd.Title = "Open File Dialog" fd.InitialDirectory = "C:\" fd.Filter = "All files (*.*)|*.*|All files (*.*)|*.*" fd.FilterIndex = 2 fd.RestoreDirectory = True  If fd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then    strFileName = fd.FileName End If 

Then you can use the File class.

Answer 2

You're looking for the OpenFileDialog class.

For example:

Sub SomeButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles SomeButton.Click     Using dialog As New OpenFileDialog         If dialog.ShowDialog() <> DialogResult.OK Then Return         File.Copy(dialog.FileName, newPath)     End Using End Sub