OpenFileDialogService.Filter Property

Gets or sets a filter string which specifies options that are available in the “Files of type” box in the dialog box. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Mvvm.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public string Filter { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Filter As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A System.String value containing the file filtering options available in the dialog box. The default is an empty string.

Remarks

The following are examples of a filter string:

Text files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*

Image Files (*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF)|*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF|All files (*.*)|*.*

Use the OpenFileDialogService.FilterIndex property to set which filtering option is shown first to the user.