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c#wpftextboxopenfiledialog

Open file dialog and select a file using WPF controls and C#


I have a TextBox named textbox1 and a Button named button1. When I click on button1 I want to browse my files to search only for image files (type jpg, png, bmp...). And when I select an image file and click Ok in the file dialog I want the file directory to be written in the textbox1.text like this:

textbox1.Text = "C:\myfolder\myimage.jpg"

Solution

  • Something like that should be what you need:

    private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Create OpenFileDialog 
        Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog();
    
        // Set filter for file extension and default file extension 
        dlg.DefaultExt = ".png";
        dlg.Filter = "JPEG Files (*.jpeg)|*.jpeg|PNG Files (*.png)|*.png|JPG Files (*.jpg)|*.jpg|GIF Files (*.gif)|*.gif";
    
        // Display OpenFileDialog by calling ShowDialog method 
        Nullable<bool> result = dlg.ShowDialog();
    
        // Get the selected file name and display in a TextBox 
        if (result == true)
        {
            // Open document 
            string filename = dlg.FileName;
            textBox1.Text = filename;
        }
    }