How to get file path from OpenFileDialog and FolderBrowserDialog

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Hey there i started learning C  a few days ago and I m trying to make a program that copies and pastes files  and replaces if needed  to a selected directory but I don t know how to get the directory and file paths from the openfiledialog and folderbrowserdialog  what am I doing wrong   Here s the code   namespace filereplacer       public partial class Form1   Form               public Form1                         InitializeComponent                       private void direc Click object sender  EventArgs e                        string folderPath                   FolderBrowserDialog directchoosedlg   new FolderBrowserDialog                if  directchoosedlg ShowDialog      DialogResult OK                                folderPath   directchoosedlg SelectedPath                                   private void choof Click object sender  EventArgs e                         OpenFileDialog choofdlog   new OpenFileDialog                choofdlog Filter    All Files                         choofdlog FilterIndex   1               choofdlog Multiselect   true              choofdlog ShowDialog                       private void replacebtn Click object sender  EventArgs e                         This is where i m having trouble                    public static void ReplaceFile string FileToMoveAndDelete  string FileToReplace  string BackupOfFileToReplace                        File Replace FileToMoveAndDelete  FileToReplace  BackupOfFileToReplace  false

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Your choofdlog holds a FileName and FileNames  for multi-selection  containing the file paths  after the ShowDialog   returns

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A primitive quick fix that works   If you only use OpenFileDialog  you can capture the FileName  SafeFileName  then subtract to get folder path   exampleFileName   ofd SafeFileName  exampleFileNameFull   ofd FileName  exampleFileNameFolder   ofd FileNameFull Replace ofd FileName

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Create this class as Extension   public static class Extensiones       public static string FolderName this OpenFileDialog ofd                    string resp                   resp   ofd FileName Substring 0  3               var final   ofd FileName Substring 3               var info   final Split                    for  int i   0  i  lt  info Length - 1  i                                  resp    info i                                    return resp            Then  you could use in this way             ofdSource is an OpenFileDialog          if  ofdSource ShowDialog this     DialogResult OK                        MessageBox Show ofdSource FolderName

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For OpenFileDialog   OpenFileDialog choofdlog   new OpenFileDialog    choofdlog Filter    All Files             choofdlog FilterIndex   1  choofdlog Multiselect   true   if  choofdlog ShowDialog      DialogResult OK                 string sFileName   choofdlog FileName       string   arrAllFiles   choofdlog FileNames    used when Multiselect   true                For FolderBrowserDialog   FolderBrowserDialog fbd   new FolderBrowserDialog    fbd Description    Custom Description     if  fbd ShowDialog      DialogResult OK        string sSelectedPath   fbd SelectedPath      To access selected folder and selected file name you can declare both string at class level   namespace filereplacer      public partial class Form1   Form            string sSelectedFile        string sSelectedFolder         public Form1                    InitializeComponent                   private void direc Click object sender  EventArgs e                   FolderBrowserDialog fbd   new FolderBrowserDialog               fbd Description    Custom Description     not mandatory           if  fbd ShowDialog      DialogResult OK                       sSelectedFolder   fbd SelectedPath           else                sSelectedFolder   string Empty                     private void choof Click object sender  EventArgs e                   OpenFileDialog choofdlog   new OpenFileDialog             choofdlog Filter    All Files                      choofdlog FilterIndex   1           choofdlog Multiselect   true            if  choofdlog ShowDialog      DialogResult OK                                sSelectedFile   choofdlog FileName                       else              sSelectedFile   string Empty                        private void replacebtn Click object sender  EventArgs e                    if sSelectedFolder    string Empty  amp  amp  sSelectedFile    string Empty                               use selected folder path and file path                                    NOTE   As you have kept choofdlog Multiselect true   that means in the OpenFileDialog   you are able to select multiple files  by pressing ctrl key and left mouse click for selection    In that case you could get all selected files in string     At Class Level   string   arrAllFiles    Locate this line  when Multiselect true this line gives first file only    sSelectedFile   choofdlog FileName     To get all files use this   arrAllFiles   choofdlog FileNames    this line gives array of all selected files

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you can store the Path into string variable like   string s   choofdlog FileName

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To get the full file path of a selected file or files  then you need to use FileName property for one file or FileNames property for multiple files     var file   choofdlog FileName     for one file   or for multiple files    var files   choofdlog FileNames     for multiple files    To get the directory of the file  you can use Path GetDirectoryName Here is Jon Keet s answer to a similar question about getting directories from path

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Use the Path class from System IO  It contains useful calls for manipulating file paths  including GetDirectoryName which does what you want  returning the directory portion of the file path   Usage is simple   string directoryPath   System IO Path GetDirectoryName choofdlog FileName

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I am sorry if i am late to reply here but i just thought i should throw in a much simpler solution for the OpenDialog   OpenDialog ofd   new OpenDialog    var fullPathIncludingFileName   ofd Filename    returns the full path including the filename var fullPathExcludingFileName   ofd Filename Replace ofd SafeFileName        will remove the filename from the full path   I have not yet used a FolderBrowserDialog before so i will trust my fellow coders s take on this  I hope this helps

[c#] How to get file path from OpenFileDialog and FolderBrowserDialog?

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