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Reusing OpenFileDialog

I have 2 textboxes and 2 button [...] next to each textbox. Is it possible to use one OpenFileDialog and pass the FilePath to the respective textbox, based on which button is clicked? i.e...if I click buttton one and laod the dialog, when I click open on the dialog, it passes the fileName to the first textbox.

Solution

  • This worked for me (and it's simpler than the other posts, but either of them would work as well)

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
    textBox1.Text = openFileDialog1.FileName;
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
    textBox2.Text = openFileDialog1.FileName;
}