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

User · Answer

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.

User · Answer

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    lt  gt  DialogResult OK Then Return         File Copy dialog FileName  newPath      End Using End Sub

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