> I am building a tool and one of the things that I want to do is allow
> users
> to select a directory to set a path. Do I have to use the gimpy .NET 1.1
> FolderBrowserDialog or is there something more similar to the
> OpenFileDialog
> format. I would prefer that my dialog for selecting files and directories
> at
> least look somewhat similar.

> You mean that the dialog that Visual Studio.NET uses to say set the
> working
> folder isn't a standard .NET dialog? They use the standard OpenFileDialog
> for
> creating new files or opening existing ones. I don't see why they would
> not
> release something like that.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:

> Alex,
>
> "Alex Fennell" <AlexFennell@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > I am building a tool and one of the things that I want to do is allow
> > users
> > to select a directory to set a path. Do I have to use the gimpy .NET 1.1
> > FolderBrowserDialog or is there something more similar to the
> > OpenFileDialog
> > format. I would prefer that my dialog for selecting files and directories
> > at
> > least look somewhat similar.
>
> I suggest to use the FolderBrowserDialog because users know this dialog from
> other applications.
>
> --
> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
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>