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V24.1

File and Folder Browsers

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The DevExpress WinForms installation ships with two options for file and folder browsers:

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How to Show XtraSaveFileDialog

The following example demonstrates how to show the XtraSaveFileDialog.

using System.IO;

private void simpleButtonSaveFileDialog_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    Stream memoStream;
    xtraSaveFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt";

    if(xtraSaveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {
        if((memoStream = xtraSaveFileDialog1.OpenFile()) != null) {
            // Code to write the stream goes here.

            memoStream.Close();
        }
    }
}

How to Show XtraOpenFileDialog

The following example demonstrates how to show the XtraOpenFileDialog.

using System.IO;

private void simpleButtonOpenFileDialog_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    xtraOpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";
    xtraOpenFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*";

    if(xtraOpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {
        // Get the path of specified file.
        string filePath = xtraOpenFileDialog1.FileName;

        // Read the contents of the file into a stream.
        var fileStream = xtraOpenFileDialog1.OpenFile();
        using(StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fileStream)) {
            // ...
        }
    }
}