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Old 04-03-2008   #1 (permalink)
William Foster


 
 

OpenFileDialog: Excluding Files

Good evening all,

I was wondering if anyone knows how to exclude files from an OpenFileDialog
object; for example if I want to find all *.TXT files except those starting
with A; usually to find the files I would type: Text Files|*.TXT; but I have
no idea how to exclude those that start with A.

I have checked the help, communities and MSDN without success; so if anyone
knows how to do this please let me know.

Yours sincerely,

William Foster

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-03-2008   #2 (permalink)
Family Tree Mike


 
 

RE: OpenFileDialog: Excluding Files

It probably would have to be done with something along the lines of
inheriting from the openfiledialog class and overriding the HookProc method.
I have never done this and it seems like a lot of work. You need to ask your
self if it is really worth it, versus simply checking after the selection of
the file, and possibly noting in the title bar.

"William Foster" wrote:
Quote:

> Good evening all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows how to exclude files from an OpenFileDialog
> object; for example if I want to find all *.TXT files except those starting
> with A; usually to find the files I would type: Text Files|*.TXT; but I have
> no idea how to exclude those that start with A.
>
> I have checked the help, communities and MSDN without success; so if anyone
> knows how to do this please let me know.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> William Foster
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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