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FileDialogBase.AutoUpdateFilterDescription Property

Gets or sets whether a dialog with file extension filters (see FileDialogBase.Filter) shows filter patterns for each filter option.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraDialogs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Dialogs, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

[DefaultValue(true)]
[DXCategory("Behavior")]
public bool AutoUpdateFilterDescription { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Default Description
Boolean true

true, to display complete filter names (descriptions plus filter templates); false, to display filter names only.

Remarks

In the figure below, a dialog has the “Images|*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF” filter.

autoupdate

This property has an effect only when a filter description does not contain filter templates itself. For instance, the description part of the “Images (*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF)|*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF” filter already contains filter templates, and the AutoUpdateFilterDescription property value has no effect on the way this filter is shown at runtime.

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