Extending The BrowseForFolder Class

				
Extending The Browse For Folder Dialog Class
This code is simpily extending the Browse For Folder Dialog class that was on posted on PSC by Chris Andersen. After using his code, I was interested in knowing if there was any additional options available aside from just being able to set the title. I consulted the MSDN and this is what I came up with.
The above screen shot is showing the Browse For Folder dialog with StartLocation set to "MyDocuments" and Style set to "BrowseForEverything"
.StartLocation


The directory in which the browse dialog will start at. (duh) I haven't found a way to specifiy a certain path, like C:\PSC or something of that nature, but there are a number of members that we can use. They are:

	
Desktop
	
Favorites
	
MyComputer
	
MyDocuments
	
MyPictures
	
NetAndDialUpConnections
	
NetworkNeighborhood
	
Printers
	
Recent
	
SendTo
	
StartMenu
	
Templates

.Style


They style of the browse dialog. We have a few different options to choose from. 

	
BrowseForComputer
	
BrowseForEverything
	
BrowseForPrinter
	
RestrictToDomain
	
RestrictToFilesystem
	
RestrictToSubfolders
	
ShowTextBox


The Code


Here's an example of how to use the above methods in the Browse For Folder dialog.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;
public class BrowseForFolder : FolderNameEditor 
{ 
	FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser bDialog;
 	
	public BrowseForFolder()
	{ 
		bDialog = new FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser(); 
	}
 	
	public string browseDialog(string sTitle)
	{
		bDialog.Description = sTitle;
		bDialog.StartLocation = FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowserFolder.MyComputer;
		bDialog.Style = FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowserStyles.RestrictToDomain;
		bDialog.ShowDialog();
		return bDialog.DirectoryPath;
	}
	~BrowseForFolder()
	{
		bDialog.Dispose(); 
	}
}


Useage:


To use this class, make sure you add a reference to System.Design.DLL. Call the class like so:

BrowseForFolder myDialog = new BrowseForFolder();
MessageBox.Show(myDialog.browseDialog("Dialog Title Goes Here");

It's pretty simple. Thanks again to Chris Anderson for the original code.