First take a look at "Dialog Box" we usually see when we try to open a file from (almost) any software
http://images.google.com/images?q=openfiledialog Therefore in .net framework we have been provided with a component (or you can say control) i.e. OpenFileDialog. Using this component we can show the same dialog box to the end user of our application. Note that you don't have to create the Dialog Box itself. Just call the "ShowDialog()" member of this class and voilà! To use it, we usually drag and drop this component (from Toolbox) on form. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.openfiledialog(VS.80).aspx On Feb 11, 7:19 pm, Kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a self-taught programmer, so please bear with me. > > I'm writing a program where a text file is parsed and each line is > added to a database. A challenge I'm faced with is the user is going > to specify a different text file each time. I want to implement a > button like the Choose File button for attaching a file in a new > message on Gmail. I've searched Google and I've found many examples > for ASP pages and a few examples in C# where the person answering the > question used nomenclature I couldn't understand. I also came across > many snarky answers. Could someone please explain how to do it in C# > not using that bizarre "Dim" nomenclature the MSDN library uses? Thank > you. > > If it helps, here's an example I could understand and I'll explain > what confused me. > > private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) > { > openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); > CenariosText.Text = openFileDialog1.FileName; > } > > I understand the button2_Click line. I understand CenariosText is the > name of the text box on the Form. I don't understand what > openFileDialog1 is. Is it the name of the variable storing the name of > the file to open? If not, what is it? > > Thank you!
