Select a folder using OpenFileDialog folder

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I need to select the folder by using the OpenFiledialog option .I tried something in my below code.But i cant able to select the folder using that Code. please help me to solve this issue. ofd = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog(); ofd.Filter = 'Folders|
' ; ofd.AddExtension = false ; ofd.CheckFileExists = false ; ofd.DereferenceLinks = true ; ofd.Multiselect = false ; ofd.ShowDialog(); Please help me to solve this. Thanks Regards, Dinesh

Tapan Patel · Answer

Correct control for your purpose would be to use FolderBrowserDialog. FolderBrowserDialog diag = new FolderBrowserDialog(); if (diag.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) { string folder = diag.SelectedPath; //selected folder path }

Sundaram Subramanian · Answer

zip the folder and in file browse event, make option for zip folders.

Sundaram Subramanian · Answer

You can not select folder or multiple files for single file upload control but you can use multiple file upload controls to do that. You can find many custom controls helping you to do that follow this link, https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24271/Multiple-File-Upload-User-Control or zip the folder and in file browse event, make option for zip folders.

Manas Mohapatra · Answer

You should you use FolderBrowserDialog class. Follow below links that may help you: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.folderbrowserdialog(v=vs.110).aspx https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/44914/Select-file-or-folder-from-the-same-dialog

Dinesh Santhalingam · Answer

Manas Mohapatra , its not allow me to select the folder .its keep on go inside .

Manas Mohapatra · Answer

Did you try like this: openFileDialog1.Title = "Select File to Upload" ; string path; // this is the path that you are checking. if (Directory.Exists(path)) { openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = path; } else { openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = @ "C:\" ; } openFileDialog1.Filter = "All files (*.*)|*.*|All files (*.*)|*.*" ; openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 1; openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true ;

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