DXFileDialog.InitialDirectory Property

Gets or sets the initial directory displayed by the file dialog.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Dialogs

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Dialogs.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public string InitialDirectory { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property InitialDirectory As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The initial directory displayed by the file dialog. The default is an empty string (“”).

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-dashboard-how-to-handle-dashboardloaded-event-to-change-data-source/CS/WpfDashboardLoadedExample/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L25

DXOpenFileDialog fileDialog = new DXOpenFileDialog();
fileDialog.InitialDirectory = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\Data";
fileDialog.Filter = "Excel File | *.xlsx";

VB.NET

wpf-dashboard-how-to-handle-dashboardloaded-event-to-change-data-source/VB/WpfDashboardLoadedExample/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L23

Dim fileDialog As New DXOpenFileDialog()
fileDialog.InitialDirectory = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory & "\Data"
fileDialog.Filter = "Excel File | *.xlsx"