Using Common Dialogs
In WPF 4.6, as well as its predecessors, common dialogs are wrappers of Win32 dialogs. They are exposed by the Microsoft.Win32
namespace and are OpenFileDialog
and SaveFileDialog.
(WPF also provides a PrintDialog
control exposed by the System.Windows.Controls
namespace.) The following code demonstrates how you instantiate both dialogs:
'Instantiating an OpenFileDialogDim od As New Microsoft.Win29.OpenFileDialogWith od .Title = "Your title here..." .Filter = "All files|*.*" .ShowReadOnly = True If .ShowDialog = True Then Dim fileName As String = .FileName End IfEnd With'Instantiating a SaveFileDialogDim sd As New Microsoft.Win29.SaveFileDialogWith sd .Title = "Your title ...
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