FileDialog.CustomPlaces Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Gets the custom places collection for this FileDialog instance.

public:
 property System::Windows::Forms::FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection ^ CustomPlaces { System::Windows::Forms::FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection ^ get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public System.Windows.Forms.FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection CustomPlaces { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.CustomPlaces : System.Windows.Forms.FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection

Public ReadOnly Property CustomPlaces As FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection

Property Value

FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection

The custom places collection for this FileDialog instance.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the CustomPlaces collection. To run this example, paste the following code into a Windows Form and call InitializeDialogAndButton from the form's constructor or Load event-handling method.

private OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1;
private Button button1;

private void InitializeDialogAndButton()
{
    this.openFileDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
    this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
    this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(53, 37);
    this.button1.AutoSize = true;
    this.button1.Text = "Show dialog with custom places.";
    this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
    this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
    this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Add Pictures custom place using GUID.
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add("33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB");

    // Add Links custom place using GUID
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add(
        new FileDialogCustomPlace(
        new Guid("BFB9D5E0-C6A9-404C-B2B2-AE6DB6AF4968")));

    // Add Windows custom place using file path.
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add(@"c:\Windows");

    openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
}

Private openFileDialog1 As OpenFileDialog
Private WithEvents button1 As Button

Private Sub InitializeDialogAndButton() 
    Me.openFileDialog1 = New System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog()
    Me.button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
    Me.button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(53, 37)
    Me.button1.AutoSize = True
    Me.button1.Text = "Show dialog with custom places."
    Me.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True

    Me.Controls.Add(Me.button1)

End Sub


Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
    Handles button1.Click

    ' Add Pictures custom place using GUID.
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add("33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB")

    ' Add Links custom place using GUID
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add(New FileDialogCustomPlace _
        (New Guid("BFB9D5E0-C6A9-404C-B2B2-AE6DB6AF4968")))

    ' Add Windows custom place using file path.
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add("c:\Windows")

    openFileDialog1.ShowDialog()

End Sub

Remarks

On Windows XP, this property does not have any effect.