Vb.net get file path from folder browser dialog

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Public WriteOnly Property LFUserName() As String

Public WriteOnly Property LFRepositoryName() As String Public WriteOnly Property LFServerName() As String Public ReadOnly Property Path() As String Public ReadOnly Property EntryId() As Integer

' Dim _EntryID As Integer = myBrowser.EntryId ' 'and/or _EntryID = to selected folder Entry ID ' 'If OK was clicked, set _Path = to selected folder path ' Dim myBrowser As New PFTBrowser(sLFServerName, sLFRepositoryName, bLFWinAuth, sLFUserName, sLFPassword) ' provide valid LF server, repository, windows authentication, ' To use this item, instantiate using the keyword New and ' displaying the LF Folder structure, and a TableLayoutPanel

' This Dialog Window is made up of a panel and treeview for

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Here is the code for the PFTBrowse Dialog form: Now place a TreeView object anywhere inside the panel and name it tvFolderTree. Add a Panel (its name does not matter)В to the Dialog form and set it to cover most of the form. In your VB project, add an new Dialog item (I named mine PFTBrowser). Here I will share an RA based folder browser/picker. And if it was impossible I wanted to understand exactly why.I have shared a folder picker in the past based on LFSO. That made me think it was a case of nobody knowing how, or nobody trying, rather than it actually being impossible.

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I think this method is a bit more portable and lightweight.Д«ut, possibly the greatest motivator was people saying it couldn't be done but not having any specific technical reason that C# could do it and PowerShell couldn't. I'm writing scripts for sysadmins to use on-the-fly. But I'm not a developer, building giant projects in Visual Studio that get compiled into an installed application for the end user. I know the proper 'developer' way to use this would be to make it into a class in a module. If something can be accomplished in 30 lines of code IMO it may not be worth adding a dependency on an external library. The combination of requirements that those don't meet (I wanted both of these in a single dialog):ДЄddress bar to allow the user to paste a UNC pathДЄnd not so much a requirement but something that tends to be convenient: it requires no additional files/modules.

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Re-looking at how to do X or Y and improving on it is a good thing, so, be sure to compare what you are doing / trying to do vs what already exists to ensure you are doing all you can to make it better.

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$OpenFileDialog.filter = 'All files (*.*)| *.*'Д®ven full modules on the MS PowerShellGallery with a file picker options. $OpenFileDialog.initialDirectory = $initialDirectory Function Get-FileName($initialDirectory) However, how to you feel yours differ from teh ones that have existed out there a a few years now? I am always interested in what others are doign adn why. $Result = ($Result -eq ::OK) $OpenFileDialog.FileName $AdvisoryParameters = $AdvisoryParameters $FolderOptions = -bor = ::CreateInstance($AssemblyFullName,'+VistaDialogEvents',$false,0,$null,$OpenFileDialog,$null,$null).Unwrap()

$IFileDialog = $Assembly.GetType('+FOS').GetField('FOS_PICKFOLDERS').GetValue($null) $FileDialogInterfaceType = $Assembly.GetType('+IFileDialog') $OpenFileDialogType = $OpenFileDialog.GetType() Read-FolderBrowserDialog.ps1 $AssemblyFullName = ', Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' You could easily branch out and create a parameter for the title and all sorts of other options, but again this is just the quick and dirty version.Дisclaimer: Does not work on 2008 R2, but it does work on Win10 / Server 2016 I have another version where I created PowerShell functions for some of these repetitive tasks like executing private methods, but here I have just posted the 'quick and dirty' version so that it is as few lines as I can semi-reasonably do while not making it too hideous. Net framework that Microsoft never wanted me to. This was quite the learning experience about exploring parts of the. I could not have done it without you guys. Seriously thank you to r/PowerShell for the help along the way. However they are not needed for this dialog, so I didn't let that stop me! I did discover some secret powers that C# has to access the Win32 API that PowerShell does not have. 'Sometimes PowerShell isn't the best choice' I was lectured. Net methods are written in it anyway' they said. The Internet has several examples of how to do this by adding custom types written in C#, but I wanted it in native PowerShell. I wanted a quick way to prompt a user for a folder, and allow them to paste a UNC path from their clipboard.

Vb.net get file path from folder browser dialog